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Impact Crater and Mountain-central Complex in Vesta's South Polar Region (Anaglyph)

Impact Crater and Mountain-central Complex in Vesta's South Polar Region (Anaglyph)
Photojournal: PIA14978
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF/IASF/IFSI
Published: October 31, 2011

This anaglyph image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the topography of the mountain-central complex in asteroid Vesta's south polar region. You need 3-D glasses to view this image.

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