This Dawn framing camera (FC) image of Vesta shows many curved
ridges that are typical of Vesta's southern hemisphere. These
curved ridges are oriented diagonally across the image and are
typically around 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) in length. The curved
ridges are not visible in the top part of the image. Also in
this image, there are two nice examples of craters that have
formed on the rim of another crater. One is located in the top
left of the image and the other is offset from the center of the
image. This image is located in Vesta's Sextilia quadrangle, in
Vesta's southern hemisphere. NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained
this image with its framing camera on Dec. 18, 2011. This image
was taken through the camera's clear filter. The distance to the
surface of Vesta is 272 kilometers (169 miles) and the image has
a resolution of about 25 meters (82 feet) per pixel. This image
was acquired during the LAMO (low-altitude mapping orbit) phase
of the mission. The Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres is managed
by NASA's Je