Dust in the grill

When I have my MBP on my desk and I look at the machine at a certain angle, I see what appears to be dust in the grill. I'm not sure if this some sort of optical illusion if you will, the small grill holes with the light striking it just right.
Anyways has anyone noticed any dust accumulating in the tiny grill holes?
I posted a picture here but given that it was taken by my iPhone (so its not high res) and the detail is lost somewhat the picture really doesn't do it justice.
Any suggestions on clearing that stuff out, short of dismantling the computer of course.

Hi Michael,
Just a thought here on this topic; perhaps I am way off-base totally.
It does look like (from your photo, and from photos of my machine that I have here) that perhaps the holes in the grille directly above the speaker itself are differently shaded than the rest of the holes. You can see that there is an oval within the grille that is darker colored, not appearing to have any (or less) dust in it. That's where I think the actual speaker is located within the grille.
Now, perhaps the cut of the holes in the grille is slightly different in that section where the speaker is than within the rest of the grille? Either that, or the sound vibrations from the speaker has dislodged the dust in those holes close to the speaker?
In any case, the amount of dust is not uniform in each hole within the grille. That leads me to believe that perhaps this is not actually dust, but a difference in the way the holes are cut in the area close to the speaker itself and in the rest of the grille? This difference would not be apparent from the exterior unless viewing the MBP on the low angle that the picture is taken from.
Does anyone understand what I'm trying to say here? ha ha I admit, I have not articulated it very well and my brain is mush from studying so I'm not sure I can improve it.
--Travis

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