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Curiosity takes photograph of Eclipse

GdB

Posted: 20 September 2012 11:33 PM

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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has snapped stunning shots of a brief partial solar eclipse on the Red Planet, capturing images of the tiny Martian moon Phobos crossing the face of the sun.

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jump_in_the_pit

Posted: 21 September 2012 07:43 AM

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Wow. That’s a truly amazing photo, an eclipse… from another planet!
I love it, NASA never ceases to amaze me. Good one GdB.

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George

Posted: 21 September 2012 07:54 AM

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I really hope they do find something more exciting in space before I die than this kind of stuff.

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Jennifer Stallone

Posted: 21 September 2012 09:30 AM

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Cool.. Looks like pacman video game…haha

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TimB

Posted: 21 September 2012 08:28 PM

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Ah. Mars has regular bouts of solaphobia. That must be why it’s so cold there.

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