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Hummocky Terrain in Vesta's Rheasilvia Quadrangle

Hummocky Terrain in Vesta's Rheasilvia Quadrangle
Photojournal: PIA15080
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 15, 2011

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the hummocky (wavy/undulating) terrain of Vesta's Rheasilvia quadrangle, which is the south polar region.

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