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Spots of Dark Material Surrounding an Impact Crater

Spots of Dark Material Surrounding an Impact Crater
Photojournal: PIA15548
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 6, 2012

This image of asteroid Vesta from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a large crater with an irregularly shaped, reasonable sharp, fresh rim.

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