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Two Different Resolution Images of Vesta's South Polar Region

Two Different Resolution Images of Vesta's South Polar Region
Photojournal: PIA14796
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 2, 2011

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained these images with its framing camera on Aug.17 and Sept.17, 2011. The left hand image shows scarps, mostly near the bottom. The right hand image is a close up, higher resolution view of a large part of the raised mound.

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