Aricia Tholus
February 22, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows Aricia Tholus, the dark hill that was presented in the previous Image of the Day. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Brightness and topography images of a dark hill
February 21, 2012
The left-hand image is a Dawn FC (framing camera) brightness image, which shows the brightness/ darkness of Vesta’s surface. The right-hand image is based on this brightness image. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Dawn on Vesta
February 20, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows the sun illuminating the landscape of Vesta during a Vestan ‘sunrise’. When this image was obtained the sun had a low angle relative to Vesta’s surface, just as the sun has a low angle in the sky in the morning on Earth. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Impact ejecta deposits covering underlying topography
February 17, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows impact ejecta deposits dominating Vesta’s landscape. This impact ejecta material was ejected from an impact crater located outside the imaged area. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Successive formation of impact craters
February 16, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows two overlapping impact craters. The large crater is roughly 20 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter and the smaller crater is roughly 6 kilometers (4 miles) in diameter. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Mass wasting on steep slopes
February 15, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows many highly degraded craters in the top part of the image. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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A Valentine from Vesta
February 14, 2012
This image is based on a Dawn FC (framing camera) image that is overlain by a color-coded height representation of topography. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Vesta’s surface at high resolution: dominated by impact craters
February 13, 2012
In this Dawn FC (framing camera) image a large number of craters, formed by collisions into the surface of Vesta, are visible. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Markings of ejected material on Vesta’s surface
February 10, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows many linear or sinuous grooves crisscrossing the surface of Vesta. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Chains and clusters of secondary craters
February 9, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows numerous linear chains and clusters of small craters. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Mosaic of visible and infrared spectrometer data
February 8, 2012
This mosaic shows the location of the data acquired by VIR (visible and infrared spectrometer) during the HAMO (high-altitude mapping orbit) phase of the Dawn mission. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ ASI/ INAF/ IAPS
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Small-scale surface variations seen with Dawn’s visible and infrared spectrometer
February 7, 2012
This image shows a Dawn VIR (visible and infrared spectrometer) image, overlain on top of a FC (framing camera) image of the same region. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ ASI/ INAF/ IAPS/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Undulating terrain in Vesta’s southern hemisphere
February 6, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows the undulating terrain of Vesta’s southern hemisphere, which consists of ridges and depressions. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Ejecta and dark rayed crater
February 3, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows part of the ejecta deposit surrounding the ‘snowman’ craters, the largest of which has been named Marcia. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Sharp crater rim with dark material and boulders
February 2, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows part of the sharp, fresh rim of a large crater in the top part of the image. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Sharp crater rim with dark material and boulders
February 2, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows part of the sharp, fresh rim of a large crater in the top part of the image. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Old cratered terrain on Vesta’s equator
February 2, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows old cratered terrain located on Vesta’s equator. Many of these craters have very degraded, rounded rims. Image Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA
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Undulating terrain in Vesta’s southern hemisphere
February 1, 2012
This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows some of the undulating terrain in Vesta’s southern hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
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MULTIMEDIA
Dawn Image of the Day / February 2012
