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This 40-second solar eclipse seen from the surface of Mars is sublime

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From Ars Technica:
"... earlier this month operators of [the Perseverance] rover turned its powerful Mastcam-Z camera toward the sky to capture Mars' potato-shaped moon Phobos transiting across the surface of the Sun. And the result, well, the result is spectacular. ..."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04 ... e-on-mars/

WOW!!!

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Amazing!
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That is freakin’ cool!!!

Thanks for sharing!
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exactly , WOW . thx .
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That is very cool. Are those the recent sunspots?
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Michael131313 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:02 am That is very cool. Are those the recent sunspots?
The article says the video is from earlier this month, so I think they are.

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Very interesting.
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Hi Stephen. Wow, this video was like having an armchair view on the surface of Mars of the solar eclipse. Thanks for finding and sharing this incredible link Stephen and the very best of regards.
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Yes, WOW is the best description, that is cool!
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That is just super cool.
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