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Topography of Vesta's South Polar Region I

Topography of Vesta's South Polar Region I
Photojournal: PIA15011
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF/IASF/IFSI
Published: November 2, 2011

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this albedo image of asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on August 11th 2011.

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