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Bright Material Deposits in Crater Wall

Bright Material Deposits in Crater Wall
Photojournal: PIA15297
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 12, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a relatively fresh crater with bright deposits exposed in the crater wall that streak downslope on the giant asteroid Vesta.

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