Closing in on the Wrinkles and Grooves at Vesta’s South Pole: Nasa Dawn Mission Image of the Day Gallery 26 Sept 2011

PASADENA, Calif.--NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained these images of Vesta with its framing camera on Aug. 28 (left) and Sept. 9, 2011. These images of the south polar region were taken through the camera's clear filter at a distance of 1,700 miles (2,740 kilometers). The images have a resolution of about 260 and 130 meters per pixel.

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

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