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Complex Pattern on the Floor of Occator Crater

Complex Pattern on the Floor of Occator Crater
Photojournal: PIA22757
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 26, 2018

This image of a complex pattern on the floor of Occator Crater was obtained by NASAs Dawn spacecraft on July 16, 2018 from an altitude of about 58 miles (93 kilometers).

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