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Gully and Fan-Shaped Deposit on Vesta

Gully and Fan-Shaped Deposit on Vesta
Photojournal: PIA19170
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 21, 2015

This image shows Cornelia Crater on the large asteroid Vesta. On the right is an inset image showing an example of curved gullies, indicated by the short white arrows, and a fan-shaped deposit, indicated by long white arrows.

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