Posted earlier today is the awesome accomplishment by Curiosity viewing the Martian moon Phobos eclipse the Sun. The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, transits (passes in front of) the sun in the approximately true-speed movie simulation using images from the panoramic camera.
What is most fascinating is that NASA had images of a Martian Solar Eclipse first published in November 5, 1999. It was so popular APOD published the same Martian Solar eclipse image on three separate instances.
As shown in the images below,NASA had in fact captured images of a Martian solar eclipse. Not in the conventional manner of seeing the sun blocked by a planetary moon as was accomplished a few days ago but indirect images of a Martian Solar Eclipse, capturing the shadow of Phobos as it crosses the Martian landscape taken in 1999.
By it's very definition you can not deny that the irregular shaped moon, Phobos, casting a giant shadow upon the Martian landscape is the result of a Martian solar eclipse but not from the perspective in which we expect a solar eclipse to be seen. But by any perspective, you can not deny the phenomenon of Phobos' shadow on the Martian surface is a solar eclipse but not one you would expect.
