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3-D Image of Vesta's Eastern Hemisphere

3-D Image of Vesta's Eastern Hemisphere
Photojournal: PIA15320
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 23, 2012

This anaglyph shows the topography of Vesta's eastern hemisphere; equatorial troughs are visible around asteroid Vesta's equator and north of these troughs there are a number of highly degraded, old, large craters. You need 3-D glasses to view this image.

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