Blink-animation-of-False-color-image-and-July-31-image
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Overlay of an image released by the Dawn Framing Camera with a manually warped version of a false-color image PIA14325 taken using multiple color filters of the Dawn Framing Camera.
The dark albedo area corresponds to the dark blue streak. It begins at a splat that is likely yellowish white like it's neighbors. And look at those other splatty features as well! The large flat-floored crater at the upper right ("Brachiopod Crater") that has a small indent from another impact is pretty distinctive in the global map mosaic and other images of Vesta. I've been using that as a identification feature. It is pretty average looking in the false-color image. But look at the detail around the large crater south of it. WOW! Lotsa different stuff corresponding to different materials (composition, grain size, etc.)
Also note that the grooves do not show up in the false-color image. They blend with the "average terrain" (thus constraining the ring hypotheses).
Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / additional processing by Mike Malaska
Blink-animation-of-False-color-image-and-July-31-image
[Animated GIF: click Actions/Show All Sizes/Original size to animate (totally worth it)]
Overlay of an image released by the Dawn Framing Camera with a manually warped version of a false-color image PIA14325 taken using multiple color filters of the Dawn Framing Camera.
The dark albedo area corresponds to the dark blue streak. It begins at a splat that is likely yellowish white like it's neighbors. And look at those other splatty features as well! The large flat-floored crater at the upper right ("Brachiopod Crater") that has a small indent from another impact is pretty distinctive in the global map mosaic and other images of Vesta. I've been using that as a identification feature. It is pretty average looking in the false-color image. But look at the detail around the large crater south of it. WOW! Lotsa different stuff corresponding to different materials (composition, grain size, etc.)
Also note that the grooves do not show up in the false-color image. They blend with the "average terrain" (thus constraining the ring hypotheses).
Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / additional processing by Mike Malaska