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Impact Craters with Different Preservation States

Impact Craters with Different Preservation States
Photojournal: PIA15048
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 14, 2011

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows four large impact craters close to one another on Vesta's surface. Interestingly, each of these four has a distinct preservation state.

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