Phobos crossing Mars' limb from Phobos 2

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Phobos crossing Mars' limb from Phobos 2

The moon Phobos, 25 kilometers in diameter, is much darker than bright, dusty Mars, as seen in this image captured by the Phobos 2 spacecraft on February 28, 1989. Phobos 2 took a total of 13 color sets of images of Phobos before contact was lost on March 27, 1989.

Russian Academy of Sciences / Ted Stryk

Copyright holder: Ted Stryk

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