Pitted Terrain in Color

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/JHUAPL2012-09-20

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These enhanced-color views from NASA Dawn mission show an unusual pitted terrain on the floors of the craters named Marcia left and Cornelia right on the giant asteroid Vesta.

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Title: Pitted Terrain in Color
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/JHUAPL
Date Created: 2012-09-20
Rights: JPL

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