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Impacts and Grooves on Vesta

Impacts and Grooves on Vesta
Photojournal: PIA14717
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 17, 2011

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Aug. 26, 2011. The detail in this image shows impacts of all sizes, grooves, scarps and smooth areas.

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