Posted by tourdemars to Mars Exploration Rovers at September 11, 2005 12:31 AM

The Spirit Mars rover perched high atop Husband Hill at Gusev Crater is stargazing. Imagery released September 9 by the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California show the two moons of Mars – Phobos and Deimos cutting across the martian night sky. The unique pictures come courtesy of the Spirit robot, using its onboard camera system to take longing looks at the parade of celestial objects as they flew overhead. An animation has been produced showing both martian moons: Deimos on the left and Phobos on the right – as they travel across the night sky in front of the constellation Sagittarius. Part of Sagittarius resembles an upside-down teapot. Phobos is the brighter object on the right; Deimos is on the left.