Imaging recource: NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded the best video ever of a solar eclipse from Mars

Heading to Mars may seem like a strange way to celebrate Earth Day, but a new video from NASA's Perseverance rover is as good a reason as any to visit the Red Planet virtually. The Perseverance rover recently sent back footage of one of a solar eclipse featuring one of Mars's two moons, Phobos. While the larger of the two moons, Phobos is still small compared to our moon – it's about 157 times smaller than Earth's moon. Mars's other moon, Deimos, is even smaller. The eclipse was captured on April 2, the 397th Martian day (sol) of...
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