Capture a solar eclipse on Mars

We all saw a lot of images that recorded the sight of the Moon passing between the Sun and the Earth - but this is the first time an eclipse image has been recorded from the surface of Mars.

An eclipse image captured by the Curiosity probe from the surface of Mars.

The Curiosity probe of the US Space Agency (NASA), which is carrying out its mission to explore Mars, has for the first time recorded the moon's moment of the red planet's "eating" part of the Sun. is a partial eclipse phenomenon.

Although Mars is farther away from the Sun than our Earth, scientists say it could still damage the eyes when we look directly at the naked eye from the upper eclipse. red planet.

Similarly, if the Curiosity probe pointed the camera lens straight into the Sun, the camera system could be destroyed. Thus, the Curiosity probe used a neutral density filter layer, reducing the Sun's light density to 1,000 times lower than normal.

The Curiosity probe has taken hundreds of photos of a partial solar eclipse on Mars, and it intends to capture more images of another solar eclipse when the smaller Deimos moon passes between the Sun and Mars. in the coming days.

However, most of these photos have not been sent to Earth due to limitations on the data transfer capability of Curiosity probes. After all the photos were returned to the ground control station, they could be put together into a complete video of the eclipse on Mars.