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Dense Region of Impact Craters

Dense Region of Impact Craters
Photojournal: PIA14779
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 23, 2011

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the giant asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on Aug. 14 2011. This image was taken through the camera's clear filter. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel.

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