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Asteroid Collision
Artwork of asteroid Vesta being hit by a smaller asteroid
Asteroid Collision
Commissioned for the cover of the prestigious British journal journal Nature, this space image illustrates a story about the large asteroid Vesta being hit by a smaller one, long ago. The impact is thought to have caused Vesta's southern-hemisphere crater.
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Title: Asteroid Collision

Category: Solar System

Medium: 3DS Max, Photoshop

Date: 2013

Client: Nature

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Vesta asteroid collision impact
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