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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.

12 of 41 comments (clear)

  1. any sign by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any sign of the leather goddesses?

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  2. Re:HEY! by Uthic · · Score: 2, Funny

    They forgot to enable lewd mode

  3. Larger Pic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is a direct link to the Hi-Res image, warning, it's 13 megs in size.

    http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/gallery/press/20080409b/PIA10369.jpg

    1. Re:Larger Pic by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

      Is it NSFW? I don't need to get caught viewing a dominatrix crater being penetrated by a fist sized lump of rock

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  4. Preposterous by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't spend all these years training to fight demons through Phobos' and Deimos' labs and processing facilities for nothing.
    I remember one time, I was knee deep in blood... It was hell..
    Tibor

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  5. can we get a google maps version please? by circletimessquare · · Score: 2, Funny

    so i can get driving directions?

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  6. Late Breaking News: by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    The community heaved a collective *brzech* of relief today as K'Breel, Speaker for the most Illustrious Council of Elders, reassured the citizens that the latest encroachment by the evil blue planet had borne no fruit for the disgusting inhabitants thereof.

    "Gentle Citizens, do not be alarmed! While it is true that the devices of terror sent by the horrific inhabitants of the sinister blue planet have managed to capture high-resolution images of our fortress satellites, their pathetic, oxygen-poisoned nerve clusters have not the wit to comprehend what they have seen! The poor primitive fools still believe they are gazing at natural moons with their hideous, liquid-filled sight organs! Rejoice, noble citizenry! Our plans continue unthreatened!"

    K'Breel then unexpectedly led the crowd of citizens in an impromptu rendition of one of the more recent patriotic hymms: "My planet - accurate or erroneous. ".
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  7. Yet Another Obligatory Reference by dkleinsc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Relax, they're just scouting out locations for a Union Aerospace Corporation base. Let's hope the teleportation experiments work this time.

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  8. 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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  9. Driving directions: by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Up."

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  10. Oblig: That's no moon... by TheJerg · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...it's a spac- Wait. It actually IS a moon. Go figure.

  11. Phobos, Inverted. by MaDMvD · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check it: http://images31.fotki.com/v1093/fileIXTO/a065a/4/413321/6115355/PhobosInverted.jpg