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Shadows of the North

Shadows of the North
Photojournal: PIA15676
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 5, 2012

The shadowy outlines of the terrain in Vesta's northern region are visible in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The image comes from the last sequence of images Dawn obtained of the giant asteroid Vesta as it departed the giant asteroid.

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