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Close-up View of 'Snowman' Craters

Close-up View of 'Snowman' Craters
Photojournal: PIA14323
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, a set of three craters, informally nicknamed 'Snowman' by the camera's team members, is located in the northern hemisphere of Vesta.

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