Phobos, the red moon with a diameter of 13 km, also has various appearances, including a crescent moon. This is evident from a rare photo taken by the SUV Curiosity
A raw image taken on September 21 by the right camera of the Curiosity robotic rover, which is now making its way towards areas of interest on Mars, shows the Martian day sky as the crescent-shaped moon Phobos enters the picture. Although you can hardly see it, it is still a rare picture.
The image we see here is a crop of the original image while enhancing the sharpness and contrast to produce the most possible details.
Phobos, which is 13 km in diameter, has been observed several times in the past by Mars rovers, most recently during its transit across the Sun on September 13, but it has never been photographed as clearly in daylight as in the current image when it is not transiting the Sun.
