This false-color image obtained by NASA Dawn spacecraft shows a crater on the giant asteroid Vesta. The reddish coloring below the crater points to material that was hurled from Vesta interior during an impact or originated from the impactor itself.
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Title: False-Color Image Shows Proof of an Impact
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Date Created: 2011-09-16
Rights: JPL
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