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Subdued and Fresh Craters

Subdued and Fresh Craters
Photojournal: PIA15789
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 4, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft is located in asteroid Vesta's Caparronia quadrangle.

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