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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Watches Earth Vanish Behind Martian Moon

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Watches Earth Vanish Behind Martian MoonWorldPing

Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind the crescent of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons.

This is a short WorldPing brief. The full report was published by NASA.

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Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by NASA