In the fall of 2007, NASA launched a significant discovery mission to study Vesta and Ceres in the asteroid belt. The Dawn spacecraft mission has been going strong and studying these objects using its on-board instruments. This virtual map of the protoplanet Vesta shows various geological features and unifies 15 individual quadrangle maps. Here is a breakdown of the different coloured areas:

• Brown – believed to be the oldest and most cratered
• Purple(s) – affected by the Veneneia impact
• Blue(s) – affected by the Rheasilvia impact
• Greens and yellows – relatively young landslides