The Perseverance rover carried a high-definition video camera, complete with a powerful zoom capability, when it landed on Mars. During the last 14 months, this camera has provided amazing views of the red planet.
The operators of the rover turned its powerful Mast cam-Z camera toward the sky to capture Phobos transiting across the surface of the Sun. The result is spectacular.
Mars does not plunge into darkness because Phobos is only 20 km across. The video shows the nature of the terrain, with ridges and small hills. There are sunspots on the surface of our star.
Since the landing of the twin rovers in 2004, NASA has been taking planet-bound views of Phobos and Mars. The transit of Phobos was captured in 2019. If you will excuse us, night and day different, the full-color video of the new solar eclipse is on another level.
I knew it was going to be good, but I didn't think it would be this good. It seems like an amazing thing to say.
The image is by NASA.
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