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Anaglyph Image of Vesta's South Polar Region

Anaglyph Image of Vesta's South Polar Region
Photojournal: PIA14314
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 18, 2011

This 3-D image of the asteroid Vesta was taken on July 9, 2011 by the framing camera instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. You need 3D glasses to view this image.

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