Phobos distant global view from Phobos 2

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Phobos distant global view from Phobos 2

This was one of the first images of Mars' moon Phobos (which is about 25 kilometers in diameter) taken by the Phobos 2 mission on February 21, 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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