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Antonia in Blue

Antonia in Blue
Photojournal: PIA17662
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLAMPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 16, 2013
This colorized composite image from NASA's Dawn mission shows the crater Antonia, which lies in the enormous Rheasilvia basin in the southern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta.

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