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Light and Shadow

CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA15403
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Light and Shadow

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an area in Vesta's northern hemisphere that has been illuminated by the sun. As asteroid Vesta progresses from its winter to its spring the sunlight is creeping further and further northwards.