Dawn's First Glimpse of Vesta -- Unprocessed
Photojournal: PIA14117
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 11, 2011

This image shows the first, unprocessed image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft of the giant asteroid Vesta in front of a background of stars. It was obtained by Dawn's framing camera on May 3, 2011.

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