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3-D Image of Degraded Craters

3-D Image of Degraded Craters
Photojournal: PIA15451
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: March 6, 2012
This anaglyph from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows degraded craters in asteroid Vesta's northern hemisphere. You need 3D glasses to view this image.

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