Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 15, 2013 #1 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) NASA Rover Gets Movie as a Mars Moon Passes Another PASADENA, Calif. -- The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, passes directly in front of the other, Deimos, in a new series of sky-watching images from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.Large craters on Phobos are clearly visible in these images from the surface of Mars. No previous images from missions on the surface caught one moon eclipsing the other. Read more... Edited August 15, 2013 by Waspie_Dwarf fixed source link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 15, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Two Moons Passing in the Martian NightThis sped-up movie from the Curiosity rover shows Phobos (the larger of Mars' two moons) passing in front of smaller Deimos.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&M Univ.Source: NASA - Multimedia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 16, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted August 16, 2013 One Martian Moon Passes the OtherThis video depicts NASA's Curiosity rover observing Mars' two moons, then shows one moon passing in front of the other. Credit: NASA/JPLSource: NASA/JPL - Videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted August 17, 2013 #4 Share Posted August 17, 2013 That's no moon...It's a space station! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoff Posted August 21, 2013 #5 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Amazing footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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