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Mosaic of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater

Mosaic of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater
Photojournal: PIA21925
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
Published: July 16, 2018

This close-up image of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The mapping of this region in this orbit is almost complete.

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