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Curved Surface Features

Curved Surface Features
Photojournal: PIA15555
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 17, 2012

This image of asteroid Vesta from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows many curved ridges that are typical of Vesta's southern hemisphere. This image is located in Vesta's Sextilia quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere.

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