Mars Rover Perseverance captures a partial eclipse by a moon.

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One of the Martian moons travels between the rover and the sun. It's a bit different to my usual posts, and not my OC :).

I believe it's Phobos, so there might be doom music kicking in any second now...

Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZL7_1056_0760664099_781EBY_N0501254ZCAM01538_1100LMJ

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That's a very curious shape for a moon.

It's technically just a random rock plucked from the asteroid belt. It's just not big enough to crush itself into a neat ball with gravity, like with planets or our Moon

That's why I like the picture. Technically just a random rock, just like earth. :)