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Perseverance Rover Captures Earth Vanishing Behind Phobos

WHY IT MATTERS

The footage offers a unique perspective of Earth from Mars, highlighting planetary alignment phenomena and showcasing Perseverance’s scientific imaging capabilities.

What happened

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars recorded a rare celestial event: Earth shrinking to a single point of light and briefly disappearing behind the planet’s moon Phobos. The alignment, visible from nearly 195 million miles away, produced an unusual cosmic portrait of our planet as seen from another world. The image, captured by Perseverance’s cameras, showcases the dynamic interplay of celestial bodies and demonstrates the rover’s capability to observe Earth from Mars.

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NASA’s Perseverance rover watches Earth vanish from the surface of Mars

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