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Stunning New Pictures of Mars Moon Phobos

Posted by kdawson on from the astro-photography-porn dept.

Smivs writes "NASA has released some detailed new images of Mars's moon Phobos. The photos are dominated by Stickney Crater, a 9-km (5.5-mi.) depression that is the largest feature on Phobos. The images were captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Some researchers claim that the unique, fist-sized Kaidun meteorite, which fell to Earth at a Russian military base in Yemen in 1980, is a piece of Phobos." Here's a link to all the new images.

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  1. Stunning by teebob21 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Absolutely beautiful. Just one more striking image of a rock billions of miles away that makes me feel infinitely tiny. That said, for those who downloaded the full-res view, did anyone else notice the green rocks shown northwest of the southern crater? Scroll all the way to the right, middle of the image to see them. ...wonder what that is?

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