‘Snowman Craters’ in Simulated True Color

'Snowman Craters' in Simulated True Color
October 27, 2011
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF/IASF/IFSI
PIA NumberPIA14974
Language
  • english

This composite image is a simulated true color image of part of asteroid Vesta's northern region, which contains the 'snowman craters.' Images such as these greatly help the process of understanding Vesta's geological history.