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pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Mars Rover Perseverance captures a partial eclipse by a moon.

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Mars Rover Perseverance captures a partial eclipse by a moon.

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pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

One of the Martian moons travels between the rover and the sun. It’s a bit different to my usual posts, and not my OC :).

I believe it’s Phobos, so there might be doom music kicking in any second now…

Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZL7_1056_0760664099_781EBY_N0501254ZCAM01538_1100LMJ

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Here’s a sweet video of a similar event in 2022, also taken by Perseverance. The article has some cool details.

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9172/nasas-perseverance-rover-captures-video-of-solar-eclipse-on-mars/

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