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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Stereo Phobos
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 6 Aug, 2022 | Image Credit: G. Neukum (FU Berlin) et al., Mars Express, DLR, ESA

Posted on 08/06/2022 12:46:14 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and float next to Phobos, grooved moon of Mars! Captured in 2004 by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, the image data was recorded at a distance of about 200 kilometers from the martian moon. This tantalizing stereo anaglyph view shows the Mars-facing side of Phobos. It highlights the asteroid-like moon's cratered and grooved surface. Up to hundreds of meters wide, the mysterious grooves may be related to the impact that created Stickney crater, the large crater at the left. Stickney crater is about 10 kilometers across, while Phobos itself is only around 27 kilometers across at its widest point.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.

1 posted on 08/06/2022 12:46:14 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 08/06/2022 12:46:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 08/06/2022 12:47:07 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Phobos has taken a few hits.


4 posted on 08/06/2022 12:47:54 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Louis XVI of France and I share a common ancestor, but I still have my head.)
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To: MtnClimber

Where are my old 3D specs?


5 posted on 08/06/2022 12:50:03 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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I don’t like the 3-d photos. I don’t have 3-D glasses and I doubt that I ever will.


6 posted on 08/06/2022 1:11:34 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Ken H

I would rather dive into a Port-o-Let after a penny than get 3-d glasses.


7 posted on 08/06/2022 1:14:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

At least the colors are correct on this one. I usually just see two images even with the glasses.


8 posted on 08/06/2022 2:30:38 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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