NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a stunning solar eclipse from its home in Jezero Crater on Mars proving that Earth is not the only planet in the solar system that sees them.
Phobos, which is about 7 miles/11.5 kilometers across, cannot completely cover the Sun, so it’s causes an annular solar eclipse. On Earth we sometimes call that a “ring of fire” eclipse to describe something similar that happens when our Moon is at apogee—its furthest point from the Earth in its elliptical orbit—when it appears to be slightly smaller in the sky than the Sun.
Total darkness doesn’t occur during an annular solar eclipse, so if you were on Mars standing next to Perseverance on April 2, you would have had to wear solar safety eclipse glasses.Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
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