Mars Solar Eclipse Seen by Curiosity Rover

Mars Eclipse: Curiosity Rover Photo Shows Martian Moon Phobos Crossing Sun

Posted: 09/18/2012 8:43 am Updated: 09/18/2012 8:43 am

By: Mike Wall
Published: 09/17/2012 06:10 PM EDT on SPACE.com

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has snapped stunning shots of a brief partial solar eclipse on the Red Planet, capturing images of the tiny Martian moon Phobos crossing the face of the sun.
Curiosity took the photos of Phobos on Thursday (Sept. 13), roughly five weeks after landing inside the Red Planet's huge Gale Crater on Aug. 5.
The images, taken with Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam), look very different than the solar eclipses on Earth that we're used to.
More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/mars-eclipse-curiosity-martian-moon-phobos_n_1892951.html

Sources: The Huffington Post, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA.

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