A video captured by Perseverance from the surface of Mars on Sept. 30 shows the potato-shaped moon Phobos passing in front of the orange disk of the sun. Just like with a solar eclipse on Earth ...

On Sept. 30, NASA's Perseverance rover turned its Left Mastcam-Z camera toward the sky and photographed a solar eclipse from Mars, capturing the planet's moon Phobos partially blocking the sun's disk.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a 'googly eye' solar eclipse on Sept. 30 as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.

Home Space Space News Watch NASA’s Mars video of a ‘googly eye’ during solar eclipse By Trevor Mogg Published October 31, 2024 ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is on Mars, it had been able to capture Mars’ two moons — Deimos and Phobos — float past in front of the Sun.

The video shows a sped-up version of the eclipse and a version that plays out in actual time. "Due to its quick orbit (about 7.6 hours to do a full loop around Mars), a transit of Phobos usually ...

On Sept. 30, NASA's Perseverance rover turned its eyes toward the sky and photographed a solar eclipse from Mars, capturing the tiny moon Phobos as it transited the sun.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a 'googly eye' solar eclipse on Sept. 30 as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.

Lights on Mars! NASA rover photographs visible auroras on Red Planet for the first time Phobos begins crossing the solar disk during the eclipse of Sept. 30, 2024. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU) ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a 'googly eye' solar eclipse on Sept. 30 as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.