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3-D Image of Grooves and Wrinkles in the South Polar Region

3-D Image of Grooves and Wrinkles in the South Polar Region
Photojournal: PIA14790
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 27, 2011

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this 3-D image of asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on Aug. 23 and 28, 2011 at a distance of 1,700 miles (2,740 kilometers). You will need 3D glasses to view this image.

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