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Rough Topography in the Rheasilvia Basin

Rough Topography in the Rheasilvia Basin
Photojournal: PIA15299
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 16, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a rough surface covered with ejecta and fine grooves on the giant asteroid Vesta.

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