scanning probe NASA, Curiosity, has captured images of a solar eclipse from Mars at the time when most of the planet’s two moons, Phobos, orbiting standing between the red planet and the Sun . The images captured by the U.S. space agency are the clearest ever achieved such a phenomenon from Mars.
During the time the eclipse lasted just over three seconds, Phobos has failed to cover the extent of the sun but has been a ring of light that gives this type of annular eclipse, according to NASA, which has turned the spectacular picture on your Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The phenomenon has happened around noon at the place which was the Curiosity, lending the satellite was at its closest point to the probe and looks bigger than usual”, as explained by the researcher University of Texas A & M, Mark Lemmon, who has detailed that this is “the closest thing to a total eclipse can be seen from the planet.”
Moreover, the eclipse, which took place on August 17, surprised observers by passing several miles closer to the center of the sun so astronomers had predicted, so as Lemmon, “learned something” .
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