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Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer False-Color Image

Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer False-Color Image
Photojournal: PIA14326
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF
Published: August 1, 2011
These images were obtained by the Dawn spacecraft on July 23, 2011. The bottom two images are false-color, where different colors represent visible and infrared light wavelengths.

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