Vesta’s Surface in 3-D: A Big Mountain at the Asteroid’s South Pole
![Vesta's Surface in 3-D: A Big Mountain at the Asteroid's South Pole](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PIA14705_hires.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
September 16, 2011
Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA |
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PIA Number | PIA14705 |
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When NASA's Dawn spacecraft sent the first images of the giant asteroid Vesta to the ground, scientists were fascinated by an enormous mound inside a big circular depression at the south pole. You need 3-D glasses to view this image.