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Impact Ejecta Deposits Covering Underlying Topography

Impact Ejecta Deposits Covering Underlying Topography
Photojournal: PIA15383
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: February 17, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows impact ejecta deposits dominating asteroid Vesta's landscape. This impact ejecta material was ejected from an impact crater located outside the imaged area.

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