Curiosity Rover Makes GIF of Phobos Passing Deimos, Wins the Internet

Earlier this month Curiosity got a unique view of two Martian moons passing each other. It witnessed Phobos passing Deimos, and NASA put out a nice video showing the event, but if the Internet loves anything more than videos it’s GIFs, so they made one. I wonder what we’ll use it in response to on Reddit.

Take a look:

We learned about GIF from NASA’s own Bobak Ferdowsi who is totally our best friend. (He said so on Twitter.)

Internet, heard you like GIFs so @MarsCuriosity made you one of Phobos passing Deimos. #needscats http://t.co/sh3UrLmzd0

— Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud) August 27, 2013

He’s right. This really could use some cats.

(via Twitter, image via NASA)

Meanwhile in related links

• Here’s the video of the two moons passing
• I made a post of Ferdowsi making silly faces
• Then I felt bad and made one of reason I love him