Source:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published:
September 26, 2011
NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained these images of asteroid Vesta on Aug. 28 (left) and Sept. 9, 2011. These images of the south polar region were taken at a distance of 1,700 miles (2,740 kilometers) with a resolution of about 260 and 130 meters per pixel.