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Topography of Troughs on Vesta

Topography of Troughs on Vesta
Photojournal: PIA14679
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 23, 2011

This view of the topography of asteroid Vesta's surface is composed of several images obtained with the clear filter in the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft on August 6, 2011. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel.

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