Vesta Images – Strange deposits
Strange deposits
Images showing spots of dark material on Vesta's surface. The left crater is the 17-kilometer-diameter Fulvia. Data from both the high altitude mapping orbit (HAMO) and the low altitude mapping orbit (LAMO) was used.
Strange deposits
An approximately true color HAMO image obtained September 30, 2011.
Strange deposits (false color)
A false color HAMO image obtained September 30, 2011. Here images taken at 918 nm, 749 nm and 438 nm are used as red, green and blue, respectively.
Strange deposits
A mosaic of three LAMO images taken on December 20, 2011, March 13, 2012 and April 17, 2012, colorized with a lower-resolution HAMO image taken on September 30, 2011.
Strange deposits (false color)
A false color image where images taken at 918 nm, 749 nm and 438 nm are used as red, green and blue, respectively. This image is created from three LAMO images taken on December 20, 2011, March 13, 2012 and April 17, 2012 and a HAMO image obtained on September 30, 2011.
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