Rarely seen ESA Mars Express images of Phobos.

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<p><strong><font size="2">These were extremely difficult to find, but found them eventually on the Mars Express PDS site.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">Phobos trailing.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobtrailinguc8.png</font></strong><strong><font size="2"><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/2/15/22b8f0ef-54c1-4a77-8fc8-0e3a92370c6d.Medium.png" alt="" /><br /></font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">Phobos 'crescent' on the sort of Mars facing side.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoboscrescentphasemarsgd2.png</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/10/7/8a639682-c972-47b3-b75e-da9d1cdda3b0.Medium.png" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Phobos southern 'hemisphere'.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobossouthernhemispherzs9.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/1/e7d6e219-6343-4092-91fe-22a9b1d0e192.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Phobos anti Mars side, one of the very few from this angle, not showing Mars in the background.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosantimarssidemarsedq6.png</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/9/1/f99f776e-c199-426a-8198-9059e4822c53.Medium.png" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">Phobos looking straight down into Stickney Crater.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phoboslookingintosticknxb4.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/12/380aea66-df7a-4846-8c35-b402e4c5f064.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Phobos above the Night horizon of Mars.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh38760000ir2marsefv2.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/8/6491b26d-990d-4392-a875-0713e7a8798b.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">&nbsp;Stickney Crater in profile.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosstickneycratermarsh5.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/14/647497cb-c693-404d-9ef9-f2527f0bb3aa.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Various other Phobos views.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh38680004sr2marsegq0.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/3/6c7635d2-bcce-4c9f-b3a0-8b83c439db09.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2"><strong>http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh38680005sr2marsetz1.jpg</strong></font></p><p><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/4/438e1004-0662-444e-b458-cf68d3f97c58.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh38760003sr2marsexi9.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/10/a8e0c353-6b16-439f-aa79-0078be39c9ab.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh38760004sr2marserx3.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/15/6/9f582b50-1a1d-4dbc-b636-27b3b15fe1bb.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2"><strong>http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosrillesmarsexpressmn9.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/12/d69c9e35-b58f-411e-acfa-1bc89a8f1439.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2"><strong>http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=post7741209327077thumbhz3.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/14/6b0717bd-b1f4-459f-8e48-6adf3048b8a5.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">The next two were a few minutes apart.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobossideviewmarsexprefj6.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/15/4/afa7922f-470d-4e1a-94f3-7eddbff3926f.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosstickneycomingintwn8.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/9/73e23d3f-f8d3-4e2c-9968-50bff9647d82.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">Stickney Crater rim & streaks.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosstickneycraterwalng0.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/2/fbb789bf-282e-463f-a2b3-2e64c126381a.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Not Phobos but a very rare Mars Express view of Deimos. February 2008.</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/11/577a4b4d-5d98-46e7-9b11-8ec6bdc0a282.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><font size="2" color="#000000"><strong>Andrew Brown.</strong></font><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

Fantastic images!!&nbsp; The detail on some of those are stunning.&nbsp; I recommend clicking on the links... some of the brighter close-up one are pretty cool. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[bearack]

<p>Can anyone explain the streaks across the surface?&nbsp; Looks almost like a sculpting knife went across the surface.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><br /><img id="06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/14/06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></p> </div>

 

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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'><font color="#ff0000">Fantastic images!!&nbsp; The detail on some of those are stunning.&nbsp; I recommend clicking on the links... some of the brighter close-up one are pretty cool. Posted by derekmcd</font></DIV></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">You're more than welcome. It was hard work in finding these, the good news is I've found some more. Literally am going through thousands of Mars Express images, pulling out various, just starting with Phobos & Deimos, as they are easier to pick out, are very interesting in their own right, possibly captured type D asteroids from the outer part of the Asteroid Belt&nbsp;& these images are very rarely seen.</font></strong></p><p>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'><font color="#ff0000">Can anyone explain the streaks across the surface?&nbsp; Looks almost like a sculpting knife went across the surface.&nbsp; <br />Posted by bearack</font></DIV></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Hi bearack, one idea I've heard, is that the grooves are actually secondaries from large impacts on Mars, spraying up into Near Mars Space, with Phobos crashing through it. I'm not sure though. They could be related to Stickney Crater, though there appears to be problems with that idea as they do not radiate from Stickney Crater's central point.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Below a few more very rarely seen Phobos Mars Express images.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Phobos with Stickney Crater. Orbit 3,245.<br /></font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh32450005sr2marseeo4.jpg</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000"><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/4/6c2dd4e0-abec-4cab-a40c-51543fe1e9b4.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">Phobos. Orbit 3,310.</font></strong></p><p><font size="2" color="#000080"><strong>http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh33100000nd2marsezm8.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/2/2/62f8d47f-5072-464a-8287-a7fec0471a67.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">Phobos. Orbit 3,310 closer view, showing striations clearly.</font></strong></p><p><font size="2" color="#000080"><strong>http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh33100006sr2marseof4.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/2/f62d7a99-c946-4a22-9230-d53d9f332511.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Phobos a closer up view only a few KM across&nbsp;of the weird striations. Orbit 3,310.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh33100003sr2marsefa2.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/9/773343e1-2541-4ad8-b9aa-ed321f599191.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">Phobos another closer up view only a few KM across&nbsp;of the weird striations. Orbit 3,310.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh33100005sr2marseuk9.jpg</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/11/17087aac-0ffb-4b5e-9b12-03363ebdf0f4.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">Phobos yet another closer up view only a few KM across&nbsp;of the weird striations. Orbit 3,310.</font></strong></p><p><font size="2" color="#000080"><strong>http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh33100004sr2marsefe5.jpg</strong></font><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/6/e36ba9c2-4934-405e-b6c0-bc60d1f60309.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">Phobos, Orbit 3,843.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000080">http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh38430003sr2marseme5.jpg</font></strong><strong><font size="2" color="#000000"><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/1/10/91ae2e21-1b92-41a8-ba64-6a585d753234.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Phobos Orbit 1,607.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh16070005sr2marsehn0.jpg</font></strong><strong><font size="2" color="#000000"><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/8/3d919592-f38f-4107-98f5-3870e3e37582.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Phobos Orbit 3,835.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phobosh38350005sr2marsedu5.jpg</font></strong><strong><font size="2" color="#000000"><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/10/cebab2a2-500b-4da6-8a61-62dbc20ab8c6.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2" color="#000000">Finally another very rare Deimos image from Mars Express. Orbit 4,045.</font></strong><strong><font size="2" color="#000000"><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/10/aee2e5ee-4b2a-46e6-bac8-227457b82253.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Andrew Brown.</font></strong></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[nimbus]

Great pics, thanks Andrew!<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[neuvik]

Awesome images!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I got a question, did Asaph Hall notice the crater and then named it after his wifes maiden name, or was that afterwards and by someone else? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">I don't think I'm alone when I say, "I hope more planets fall under the ruthless domination of Earth!"</font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff">SDC Boards: Power by PLuck - Ph**king Luck</font></p> </div>

 

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<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'><font color="#ff0000">Awesome images!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I got a question, did Asaph Hall notice the crater and then named it after his wifes maiden name, or was that afterwards and by someone else? <br />Posted by neuvik</font></DIV><br /><br /><strong><font size="2">Hi neuvik. Asaph Hall could not see any detail on either Phobos & Deimos as they are too far & too small. Mariner 9 was the first to image Phobos in real detail & the largest crater was named Stickney, after Asaph's wife, persuaded her husband to continue the search for Martian moons, after he passed the point of giving up. Just then he found Deimos, & the following night Phobos.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="2">Below: Mariner 9 image of Phobos. Stickney Crater is that large dent in the bottom left.</font></strong><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/5/f33eb755-c077-4f2e-8528-7365c1a6d3a5.Medium.gif" alt="" /></p><p><strong><font size="2">Andrew Brown.</font></strong><br />http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Forums/#</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[spin0]

<p>Amazing images!</p><p>Thank you, Andrew!&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>