Googly-eyed potato eclipse filmed by NASA’s Perseverance rover
NASA Space Technology Phobos is no slowpoke. Given its size, angle, and orbital pattern, the moon makes a full-circle around Mars roughly once every 7.6 hours. This frequency also makes it far more likely to pass in front of the Sun compared to Earth’s solar eclipses. If you were hypothetically at the right location at the right time on Mars, you could glimpse the small, potato-shaped satellite briefly turning the Sun into a giant googly eye. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover captured just such an event back in February—and it managed to photograph another eclipse barely seven months later.NASA recently showcased the latest Phobos eclipse seen on September 30th from the rover’s vantage point on Mars’ Jezero Crater. Once again, the googly eye’s lifespan lasted barely 30 seconds, making...
