Topography of a Scarp and Hummocky Terrain

Topography of a Scarp and Hummocky Terrain
November 6, 2011
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA15040
Language
  • english

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show part of the rim of asteroid Vesta's south polar basin, which is dominated by a large scarp (cliff) that runs vertically across the center of the images.