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Aelia crater, Vesta

Aelia crater, Vesta
Aelia crater, Vesta Aelia is a 4.3-kilometer-diameter crater 14 degrees south of Vesta's equator that shows intriguing variety in the albedo of its ejecta. Streaks of ejecta radiate in all directions, including down the slope of the adjacent Rufillia crater, which is 15.8 kilometers across. This photo is a mosaic of two images taken during the Low Altitude Mapping Orbit phase of Dawn's mission on January 10 and April 30, 2012, colorized with data taken during the High Altitude Mapping Orbit phase on on October 4, 2011. NASA / JPL / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / Björn Jónsson

Here is the HAMO image:

Aelia crater, Vesta (HAMO color image)
Aelia crater, Vesta (HAMO color image) An approximately-true color view of Aelia crater, Vesta, obtained by Dawn on October 4, 2011.Image: NASA / JPL / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / Björn Jónsson

And here is a detail on the crater:

Aelia crater, Vesta (detail)
Aelia crater, Vesta (detail) Image: NASA / JPL / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / Björn Jónsson