Sharp Crater Rim with Dark Material and Boulders
Photojournal: PIA15406
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: March 2, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows part of the sharp, fresh rim of a large crater on asteroid Vesta. There is some bright material slumping towards the center of this crater but this is mostly overshadowed by the dark material.

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