Phobos – Close Enough To Almost Touch

NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE Sees Phobos in Color and Stereo

“The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, run from The University of Arizona, has produced a new color stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars’ two tiny moons. The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took two images of Phobos 10 minutes apart on March 23. Scientists combined the images for a stereo view. “Phobos is of great interest because it may be rich in water ice and carbon-rich materials,” professor Alfred McEwen of the UA’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, and HiRISE principal investigator, said.”