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Equatorial Troughs and Dark Material III

Equatorial Troughs and Dark Material III
Photojournal: PIA14957
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 18, 2011

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a region around the asteroid Vesta's equatorial troughs with two different resolutions. More details are visible in the right-hand image such as small linear grooves running roughly parallel to the troughs.

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