Craters on Vesta. Link for the full sized images below. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

I find this image intriguing. In particular the black (or at least dark) ejecta or is that the remnants of the impacting body seems out of character when compared to other nearby ejecta.

Check out the full sized image for a bit more detail (link goes to NASA for the image) or click the image for an enlargement of the region.

More images at the Dawn website.

The caption below is very brief and gives no clues or indication of what it might be.

August 15, 2011 – PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on August 6, 2011. This image was taken through the framing camera’s clear filter aboard the spacecraft. The framing camera has a resolution of about 273 yards (250 meters) per pixel. UPDATE: The resolution for these images are more closely computed to about 280 yards (260 meters).