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A Crescent Moon in the Martian Sky

September 26, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Mars’ moon Phobos is captured in a daytime image by Curiosity (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) A raw image taken on September 21 by Curiosity’s right Mastcam shows a daytime view of the Martian sky with a crescent-lit Phobos in the frame… barely visible, yes, [...]

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Curiosity Captures a Martian Eclipse

September 17, 2012

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. The entire animation spans a real time of about 2 [...]

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Curiosity Sends Back Incredible Hi-Res Views of Mt. Sharp

August 28, 2012

Wow — what a view! This image, released today, is a high-resolution shot of the Curiosity rover’s ultimate goal: the stratified flanks of Gale Crater’s 3.4-mile (5.5-km) high central peak, Mount Sharp. The image was taken with Curiosity’s 100mm telephoto Mastcam as a calibration test… if views like this are what we can expect from [...]

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