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

[Ohio Joe]

When NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February 2021, it carried a high-definition video camera, complete with a powerful zoom capability. This camera has since provided all sorts of amazing views of the red planet during the last 14 months.

However, earlier this month operators of 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/nasa-rover-captures-an-amazing-view-of-a-solar-eclipse-on-mars/

Video:

Woah... Cool

[PJMcK]

1. Fantastic!

Thans, Joe. That's literally other-worldly. And beautiful.

[erronis]

4. You beat me to that word: other-worldly. Puts us in our place in this vast universe.

[TeamProg]

2. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[okaawhatever]

3. Beautiful nt

[TygrBright]

5. Is potato! n/t

[krkaufman]

7. Good running bit from LSSC

https://www.reddit.com/r/LateShow/comments/tgkj9t/is_potato_compilation/

[Wounded Bear]

6. Cool stuff! Thanks for the link...nt

[Wild blueberry]

8. Thank you

[Sympthsical]

9. Alas, poor Phobos isn't going to make it

It's less than 4,000 miles away from Mars and currently in the process of breaking up from tidal forces. In 50 million years, it will be no more.

But it'll make some nice rings first.

[zuul]

10. Wow!

[Ohio Joe]

11. Kick for the morning crowd

[Emile]

12. Amazing video!