Anaglyph of Craters in the South Polar Region: Nasa Dawn Mission Image of the Day Gallery: 12 Sept 2011

PASADENA, Calif. -- This 3-D image shows the topography 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]).

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

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA