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Domes and Fractures in Occator Crater

Domes and Fractures in Occator Crater
Photojournal: PIA22639
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 31, 2018
This image of domes and fractures in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 3, 2018 from an altitude of about 28 miles (44 kilometers).

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