Perseverance Rover Captures Earth Disappearing Behind Mars Moon Phobos

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has photographed Earth vanishing behind Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons. In the images, Earth appears as a small point of light in the Martian sky before being eclipsed by the crescent-shaped moon. This marks the first time such an event has been recorded from the surface of another planet. The milestone adds to Perseverance's growing catalog of unique astronomical observations made from Mars.

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