MRO Spacecraft Images Mars Moon in Color and in 3D

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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took two images of the larger of Mars two moons Phobos within 10 minutes of each other on March 23 2008. Credit: NASA
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took two images of the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos, within 10 minutes of each other on March 23, 2008. Credit: NASA

A new stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons, has been captured by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars.


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