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Mosaic of Visible and Infrared Spectrometer Data

Mosaic of Visible and Infrared Spectrometer Data
Photojournal: PIA15343
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: February 8, 2012
This mosaic from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows asteroid Vesta's southern hemisphere (lower part of the image) and equatorial regions (upper part of the image).

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