images

Shadow of Phobos on Mars

by

Nasa/JPL/MSSS/Novapix

Reference

a-mar06-00050

Date

2006-10-12

Views of the shadow of Phobos (elliptical feature at center of each frame) as it was cast upon western Xanthe Terra on August 26, 1999, at about 2 p.m. local time on Mars. The image covers an area about 250 kilometers (155 miles) across and is illuminated from the left.