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Complex Bright and Dark Material Relationships in Occator Crater

Complex Bright and Dark Material Relationships in Occator Crater
Photojournal: PIA22638
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 31, 2018

This image of complex bright and dark material relationships in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 3, 2018 from an altitude of about 30 miles (48 kilometers).

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