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Close-up View of Craters in South Equatorial Region

Close-up View of Craters in South Equatorial Region

Photojournal: PIA14324

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: August 1, 2011

In this image, obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft, various craters are visible in the southern equatorial region of the giant asteroid Vesta.

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