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Cratered Terrain with Hills and Ridges

Cratered Terrain with Hills and Ridges
Photojournal: PIA14670
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 16, 2011

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image showing cratered terrain with hills and ridges on Vesta's surface on August 6, 2011. This image was taken through the framing camera's clear filter aboard the spacecraft.

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