On earth, the moon almost exactly covers the sun during a solar eclipse but on Mars, the moons Phobos and Deimos are much smaller, so they form a shadow on the sun. The Curiosity probe managed to capture such a rare event!
http://www.space.com/17640-mars-solar-e ... rover.html
Curiosity Mars Rover captures Solar Eclipse
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Curiosity Mars Rover captures Solar Eclipse
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Re: Curiosity Mars Rover captures Solar Eclipse
Nice info. Thanks for sharing! Hope humans will be able to see that on Mars someday.
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