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HAMO and LAMO Images of Occia Crater

HAMO and LAMO Images of Occia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15865
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 23, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Gegania quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere; tiny craters and streaks developed from material can be seen slumping towards the center of the crater.

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