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3-D Image of Vesta's Equatorial Region

3-D Image of Vesta's Equatorial Region
Photojournal: PIA14327
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 16, 2011

This 3-D image of asteroid Vesta from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows hills, troughs, ridges and steep craters. You need 3D glasses to view this image.

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