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Hakumyi Crater from LAMO

Hakumyi Crater from LAMO
Photojournal: PIA21414
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 20, 2017

This close-up view of Hakumyi crater, as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, provides insight into the origin of the small crater and lobe-shaped flow next to its southern rim.

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