This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows some of the undulating
terrain in Vesta’s southern hemisphere. This undulating terrain
consists of linear, curving hills and depressions, which are
most distinct in the right of the image. Many narrow, linear
grooves run in various directions across this undulating
terrain. There are some small, less than 1 kilometer (0.6 mile)
diameter, craters in the bottom of the image. These contain
bright material and have bright material surrounding them. There
are fewer craters in this image than in images from Vesta’s
northern hemisphere; this is because Vesta’s northern hemisphere
is generally more cratered than the southern hemisphere. This
image is located in Vesta’s Urbinia quadrangle and the center of
the image is 63.0 degrees south latitude, 332.2 degrees east
longitude. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its
framing camera on Oct. 25, 2011. This image was taken through
the camera’s clear filter. The distance to the surface of Vesta
is 700 kilometers (435 mi