4-Vesta in Spectrometer View (Visible Light and IR)

Caption NASA:"On June 8, 2011, the Visible and InfraRed Mapping Spectrometer aboard NASA's Dawn Spacecraft captured the instrument's first images of 4-Vesta that are larger than a few pixels, from a distance of about 218.000 miles (approx. 351.000 Km). The images were taken for calibration purposes.
Images obtained in the Visible part of the light Spectrum, at about 0,55 microns in wavelength, appear on the left. Images obtained in the InfraRed Spectrum, at around 3 microns in wavelength, appear on the right. The spatial resolution of these images is about 60 miles (approx. 90 Km) per pixel.
The Visible and InfraRed mapping spectrometer will be able to provide images of 4-Vesta in 432 wavelengths, which will help scientists determine the basic composition of the Asteroid".