Dawn mosaic of the asteroid 4 Vesta, taken from an altitude of ~2800 km on October 19, 2012. This image is a mosaic of three black and white images taken of the asteroid as the spacecraft prepared to descend from its initial survey orbit into the first high-altitude mapping orbit.

The North Pole is located at bottom center, and a distinctive cluster of three craters (nicknamed 'The Snowman') is found at bottom right. The grooves running across the surface are faults created by the Rheasilva impact. This collision nearly broke Vesta apart, and left the asteroid with a distinctive out-of-round shape.