Bright Rays from Canuleia Crater

Bright Rays from Canuleia Crater
March 21, 2012
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/UMD
PIA NumberPIA15235
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In this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, bright material extends out from the crater Canuleia on asteroid Vesta. The bright material appears to have been thrown out of the crater during the impact that created it.