The shadowy outlines of the terrain in Vesta northern region are visible in this image from NASA Dawn spacecraft. The image comes from the last sequence of images Dawn obtained of the giant asteroid Vesta as it departed the giant asteroid.
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NASA ID
PIA15676
Date Created
September 5, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
Dawn First Glimpse of Vesta -- Unprocessed
May 11, 2011