Occator in False Color

Occator in False Color
December 9, 2015
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA20180
Language
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This false color image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of Ceres' Occator Crater shows differences in surface composition. The color blue is generally associated with bright material seems to be consistent with salts, such as sulfates.