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Topography and Albedo Image of Grooved Terrain on Vesta

Topography and Albedo Image of Grooved Terrain on Vesta
Photojournal: PIA15127
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 29, 2011

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show part of the grooved terrain in asteroid Vesta's Pinaria quadrangle, which is in the southern hemisphere. Large-scale grooves and depressions can be seen running diagonally across the image.

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