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Nar Sulcus

Nar Sulcus
Photojournal: PIA22469
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 5, 2018

This image of Nar Sulcus in Yalode Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 19, 2018 from an altitude of about 875 miles (1410 kilometers).

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