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Isro's Mangalyan sends images of Mars' biggest moon Phobos and its craters

'The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on board the Mars Orbiter Mission has imaged Phobos,' Isro said in a statement

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A global view of Mars as captured by Mangalyan. (Source: ISRO)

BS Web Team New Delhi
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has released new pictures of the Martian moon captured by India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). The MOM captured Phobos, the closest and the biggest moon of Mars on July 1 using its on-board cameras. 

"The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on board the Mars Orbiter Mission has imaged Phobos," Isro said in a statement. 

Unlike Earth, Mars has two moons -- Deimos and Phobos. The MOM was 7,200 km from Mars and at 4,200 km from Phobos when the image was shot, showing what appears to be a rocky surface. The image shows the Stickney

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