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Curiosity Captures Two Moons of Mars Passing

41 images were stitched together to create this sped-up movie that shows Phobos, the larger of the two Martian moons, passing Deimos, the smaller one. 
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41 images were stitched together to create this sped-up movie that shows Phobos, the larger of the two Martian moons, passing Deimos, the smaller one. 

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Video Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&M Univ.

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