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Shadow of Phobos on Mars

author: Nasa/JPL/MSSS/Novapix

reference: a-mar06-00050

Image Size 300 DPI: 8 * 6 cm

Views of the shadow of Phobos (elliptical feature at center of each frame) as it was cast upon western Xanthe Terra on August 26, 1999, at about 2 p.m. local time on Mars. The image covers an area about 250 kilometers (155 miles) across and is illuminated from the left.

Keywords for this photo:

1999 - ASTRONOMY - CRATER - ECLIPSE - IMPACT CRATER - MARS - MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR - MARS MOON - PHOBOS - PLANET - SATELLITE - SHADOW -