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Vesta - Dark and bright material in a crater wall

Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Vesta - Dark and bright material in a crater wall
Image credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA

Uploader comment: This Dawn framing camera (FC) image of Vesta shows part of a large crater that has an irregularly shaped, fresh rim. This crater is also distinctive because it has many outcrops of dark and bright material originating from its rim and from the interior slope of the crater.


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