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    Stereo-1 channel image of Phobos

    Mars Express close flybys of martian moon Phobos

    21 January 2011

    Mars Express has returned images from the Phobos flyby of 9 January 2011. Mars Express passed Mars’ largest moon at a distance of 100km.

    3D Image (red-cyan anaglyph)

    SRC-Images
    Sequence of 5 HRSC-channels
    Planned landing site of the Russian Phobos-Grunt mission

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