Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Vibidia Crater

Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Vibidia Crater
March 9, 2012
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA15454
Language
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The left-hand image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the apparent brightness of asteroid Vesta's surface. The right-hand image is based on this apparent brightness image, with a color-coded height representation of the topography overlain onto it.