Phobos over Mars - ESA Mars Express

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Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

 

Check out the original with the martian background distorted here: flic.kr/p/2qQGtTG (my favourite) The camera scanning the satellite caused the original view of the Martian surface to appear stretched as it moved by.

 

Mission: ESA Mars Express

Orbit: 13225

Instrument: HRSC

Time: 2014-05-31T20:14:40.405Z

Filter: GR3

Product IDs: HD225_0000_GR3.IMG

Notes: Colourised image created using data processed from: psa.esa.int. This is a single shot on not a composite image. Although the background has been resized and undistorted compared to the original version (link above).

 

Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

 

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