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An Enhanced View of Vesta's South Polar Region

An Enhanced View of Vesta's South Polar Region

Photojournal: PIA14315

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: July 18, 2011

This enhanced image, taken by the framing camera instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 9, 2011, views the south polar region of this giant asteroid.

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