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Latest Image of Vesta captured by Dawn on July 17, 2011

Latest Image of Vesta captured by Dawn on July 17, 2011
Photojournal: PIA14313
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 18, 2011

This is the first image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft after successfully entering orbit around Vesta.

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