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Vesta's Northern and Equatorial Regions in Simulated True Color

Vesta's Northern and Equatorial Regions in Simulated True Color
Photojournal: PIA14973
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 26, 2011

This composite image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft is a simulated true color image of asteroid Vesta's northern and equatorial regions.

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