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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 15 September 2008 (orbit 6042). The distance from the moon’s centre was 3718 km, and the image resolution is 34 m/pixel. The original image has been corrected for mirror distortion.