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Patterns in Vesta's Regolith

Patterns in Vesta's Regolith
Photojournal: PIA15794
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 8, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows linear grooves and ridges in Vesta's regolith, located in Vesta's Tuccia quadrangle, in asteroid Vesta's southern hemisphere.

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