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Dawn LAMO Image 118

Dawn LAMO Image 118
Photojournal: PIA20818
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 27, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features the rugged rim of Occator Crater at left. A number of thin fractures are visible, roughly parallel to the rim.

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