NASA's DAWN spacecraft is approaching Vesta, the second most massive object in the asteroid belt. It is now about 200,000 km out, and the view is getting very interesting. Here is a stack of several frames taken on June 20, 2011, and released as part of an approach movie on June 23, 2011.
Data Courtesy approach sequence/movie released by NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/PSI. Much thanks to Emily Lakdawalla of the Planetary Society for breaking up the individual images in the movie. Processed Image Copyright Ted Stryk
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