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HAMO and LAMO Images of Octavia Crater

HAMO and LAMO Images of Octavia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15866
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 24, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Marcia quadrangle, a few degrees below Vesta's equator. Octavia Crater looks remarkably like a terrestrial landslide.

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