The images presented show Deimos set against a backdrop of the Red Planet below it as Hera flew within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) of Mars and just 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) of Deimos.

The Mars backdrops you see in “The Martian” actually exist in southern Jordan. Director Ridley Scott called Wadi Rum “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” Story by Tony Manfred and editing by ...