Get out your red/blue glasses and float next to Phobos, grooved moon of Mars! Also featured in yesterday's episode , the image data from the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera was recorded at a distance of about 200 kilometers. This tantalizing stereo anaglyph view shows the Mars-facing side of the asteroid-like moon's cratered and grooved surface. Up to hundreds of meters wide, the mysterious grooves may be fractures related to the impact which created 10 kilometer wide Stickney crater , the large crater at the left.
Stereo Phobos
Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2004-11-20 · NASA (public domain)
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