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coreyspowell ("Corey S Powell") wrote:

Eclipse of the Sun. By the moon Phobos. From the surface of Mars. Captured by NASA's Perseverance rover on September 30.

I will never stop being amazed that we can see such things.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-captures-googly-eye-during-solar-eclipse/ #space #science #astronomy #nasa

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• NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the silhouette of the Martian moon Phobos as it passed in front of the Sun on Sept. 30, 2024. The video shows the transit speeded up by four times, followed by the eclipse in real time. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS