Close-up on Phobos

This image of Phobos was obtained by the Super Resolution Channel (or SRC, a part of the High Resolution Stereo Camera experiment) on board ESA’s Mars Express on 30 August 2008 (orbit 5984). The distance from the moon’s centre was 2366 km, and the image resolution is 22 m/pixel. The original image has been corrected for mirror distortion.