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Topography and Albedo Image of Ancient Terrain with Ruined Crater

Topography and Albedo Image of Ancient Terrain with Ruined Crater
Photojournal: PIA15125
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 27, 2011

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show an old, heavily cratered terrain around asteroid Vesta's equator.

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