Vesta in nearly natural color

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A view of Vesta more or less as the human eye would see it, made of images captured through color filters at 440, 650 and 750 nanometers (blue, red, and near-infrared).

NASA / JPL / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / color composite by 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 July 9, 2011