Fresh and Bright Canuleia

Fresh and Bright Canuleia
October 31, 2012
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/PSI/Brown
PIA NumberPIA16175
Language
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features the distinctive crater Canuleia on the giant asteroid Vesta. Canuleia, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter, is distinguished by the rays of bright material that streak out from it.