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HAMO and LAMO Images of Antonia Crater

HAMO and LAMO Images of Antonia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15904
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 9, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Tuccia quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere.

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