PIA14699: Anaglyph of Craters in the South Polar Region


Anaglyph of Craters in the South Polar Region

Caption:

This 3-D image shows the topography of craters and grooves of Vesta's south polar region obtained by the framing camera instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Aug. 23 and 28, 2011. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel. Use red-green (or red-blue) glasses to view in 3-D (left eye: red; right eye: green [or blue]).

Background Info:

More information about Dawn is online at http://www.nasa.gov/dawn and http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target 4 Vesta
System Main Belt
Target Type Asteroid
Mission Dawn
Instrument Host Dawn
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument Framing Camera (FC)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2011-09-12
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14699
Identifier PIA14699