Cracks and bright spots in the Occator crater

Cracks and bright spots in the Occator crater
Cracks and bright spots in the Occator crater
The complex structures of the Occator crater on dwarf planet Ceres are clearly visible in the close-up images acquired from a distance of just 385 kilometres: in addition to mysterious bright spots on the inside of the crater, a large, light-coloured bulge can be seen next to innumerable cracks and fractures.
Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI.

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