May 2008: News & Notes May 1, 2008
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Stickney Crater, Phobos. (Photo Credit; HiRiSE, NASA)
Phobos Imaged: The Mars Reconaisance Orbiter recently swept by the Martian Moon, Phobos, earlier in April snapping the above picture. The unprecedented detail in the images reveal landslides, grooves and a splash of uncharacteristic blue. The large crater Stickney in the above picture was named after the wife of Martian moon discoverer Asaph Hall. (more…)