A SOLAR ECLIPSE ON MARS

Kyle

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A SOLAR ECLIPSE ON MARS: NASA is reporting new footage of a solar eclipse on Mars. On April 2nd, Phobos passed in front of the sun over Jezero Crater, where the Perseverance rover is studying signs of ancient flooding. The rover's Mastcam-Z camera tilted up and recorded this video:






This isn't the first time a Mars rover has recorded a Martian eclipse. Spirit and Opportunity made the first observations back in 2004; Curiosity in 2019 was the first to record video. But this is the best video yet.



 
SamSpade

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Kyle said:
A SOLAR ECLIPSE ON MARS: NASA is reporting new footage of a solar eclipse on Mars. On April 2nd, Phobos passed in front of the sun over Jezero Crater, where the Perseverance rover is studying signs of ancient flooding. The rover's Mastcam-Z camera tilted up and recorded this video:






This isn't the first time a Mars rover has recorded a Martian eclipse. Spirit and Opportunity made the first observations back in 2004; Curiosity in 2019 was the first to record video. But this is the best video yet.



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It does however make the point abundantly clear how unusual Earth is, that it has a moon that not only can block the light of the Sun - but fits over it almost precisely in the sky. (Sadly - the moon is slowly moving further and further from the Earth, and eventually this won't be true).
 
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