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Samantha Mathewson

FOUND: Perseverance rover watches googly eye solar eclipse from mars video - You Need To See This

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this view of a solar eclipse on Sept. 30, 2024. Phobos, one of the Red Planet's two moons, is crossing the sun's face.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a "googly eye" solar eclipse as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun. 

Phobos — one of Mars' two moons, along with the even tinier Deimos — traveled between the Red Planet and the sun on Sept. 30, the 1,285th Martian day of Perseverance's mission. The rover, located on the western wall of Mars' Jezero Crater at the time, captured the eclipse using its powerful Mastcam-Z camera system.

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