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HAMO and LAMO Images of Cornelia Crater

HAMO and LAMO Images of Cornelia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15873
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 5, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Numisia quadrangle, southern hemisphere; layers can be seen slumping towards the crater's center and there is slightly brighter material overlying slightly less bright material.

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