Mosaic of Low-Altitude Mapping Orbit images of Cornelia crater, Vesta

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This mosaic is composed of five images of Vesta captured by Dawn during its Low Altitude Mapping Orbit phase. The images were taken between January 11 and March 13, 2012. At full resolution, it is about 20 meters per pixel, covering an area about 30 kilometers across.

NASA / JPL / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA

Original images:

• FC21B0017221_12011143215F1E
• FC21B0024101_12092100525F1A
• FC21B0025747_12108052400F1A
• FC21B3022308_12073115339F1B
• FC21B3022309_12073115509F1B

The images were mosaicked using the Photomerge feature in Photoshop.

Copyright holder: Emily Lakdawalla