Perseverance Rover Films Martian Moon Phobos Crossing the Sun

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recorded a transit of Phobos, one of Mars's two moons, passing across the face of the Sun on August 12, 2026. The footage was captured using the rover's Mastcam-Z camera on sol 1,948 of the mission. The imagery was presented as an animation tinted to approximate what a human observer would see. Such transits offer scientists valuable data about Phobos's orbit and its gradual changes over time.

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