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Equatorial Troughs and Dark Material II

Equatorial Troughs and Dark Material II

Photojournal: PIA14956

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: October 17, 2011

This closeup of asteroid Vesta from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows small scale features such as grabens (linear depressions) which run parallel to and inside the troughs.

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