Vesta in color

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A global color view of Vesta, truncated on one side. The photo is made from three captured through red, green, and blue filters, so it is approximately true-color. Vesta is 578 by 468 kilometers across.

NASA / JPL / MPS / DLR / IDA / Daniel Macháček

Copyright holder: Daniel Macháček

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about June 25, 2011