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Laelia Crater

Laelia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15599
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 4, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of asteroid Vesta shows Laelia crater. The dark material inside of Laelia crops out from the rim and then slumps towards the crater's center.

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