A Martian eclipse, captured by Curiosity
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 08:02
in Astronomy & Space
Yes, Mars gets eclipses too! This brief animation, made from ten raw subframe images acquired with Curiosity's Mastcam on September 13—the 37th Sol of the mission—show the silhouette of Mars' moon Phobos as it slipped in front of the Sun's limb.