Northern Shadow

Northern Shadow
March 21, 2012
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
PIA NumberPIA15499
Language
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This mosaic of the surface of asteroid Vesta was made from images obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft while the area was entirely in the sun's shadow. Light reflecting off of other areas of Vesta provides the only illumination.