Topography of a Scarp and Hummocky Terrain
Photojournal: PIA15040
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 6, 2011

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show part of the rim of asteroid Vesta's south polar basin, which is dominated by a large scarp (cliff) that runs vertically across the center of the images.

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