Steep Slope on Vesta: Nasa Dawn Mission Image of the Day: 13 Sept 2011

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Aug. 26, 2011. This image was taken through the camera’s clear filter. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel.

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

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