Worm-like Markings on Vesta’s Surface

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Aug. 29, 2011. This image, taken through the framing camera’s clear filter, shows dark material at impact craters, up to 12.5 miles-wide (20 kilometer-wide) and sets of worm-like tracks in the north-south direction. The image has a resolution of 254 meters per pixel.

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