WOW Pic Of Phobos

vindictive666 (John) · #1 10-04-2008, 08:14 AM

morning all

had to share this

check it out

http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04...n-moon-phobos/

iceman (Mike) · #2 10-04-2008, 08:24 AM

Wow that is very cool. Excellent!

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #3 10-04-2008, 08:37 AM

That's amazing. Wouldn't Galileo have had a ball in our times.

sheeny (Al) · #4 10-04-2008, 09:41 AM

Very cool!

Al.

RB (Andrew) · #5 10-04-2008, 09:51 AM

Nicely composed, good colour balance, rule of thirds

, interesting subject matter, no blown highlights and perfect DOF.

Wow beautiful photo.

Ric · #6 10-04-2008, 01:10 PM

A great looking image, it's not often we get to see new images of the Martian moons.

Jen · #7 10-04-2008, 11:46 PM

glenc (Glen) · #8 11-04-2008, 01:14 AM

This image of Phobos is amazing too:

"Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet's moons in 1877. Over 9 kilometers across, Stickney is nearly half the diameter of Phobos itself.."

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...B_Stickney.jpg

CoombellKid · #9 11-04-2008, 04:09 AM

Excellent images!!

It's shape looks more like an asteroid than a moon.

regards,CS

KG8 · #10 11-04-2008, 06:51 AM

Great image alright! It's amazing the technology we have out there in space, I take it for granted mostly buy a picture like this always makes me think about what we humans have achieved.

Ric · #11 11-04-2008, 11:53 AM

Hi Glen, thanks for the info on Phobos.

That was very interesting

sheeny (Al) · #12 18-04-2008, 07:48 AM

This little item in Nature:

http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080416/pdf/452797b.pdf

has an enhanced colour inage of Stickney (the 9km wide crater on Phobos... which is only 22km in diameter!)

Al.