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Ejecta from Vesta's 'Snowman' Craters

Ejecta from Vesta's 'Snowman' Craters
Photojournal: PIA15086
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 21, 2011

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows ejecta from two of the large "Snowman" craters on the left of the image. This ejecta smooths out asteroid Vesta's surface in the rest of the image.

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