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Viewing the South Pole of Vesta

Viewing the South Pole of Vesta
Photojournal: PIA14712
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 16, 2011

This image obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta.

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