Curiosity Rover Observes Two Moons Passing in the Martian Night

Posted on August 16, 2013

This sped-up movie shows the Curiosity rover observing two moons passing the Martian night. The smaller moon, Deimos, is occulted by Phobos in the video. The video was created by putting 41 images together that were taken by Curiosity's Mast Camera. Take a look:

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