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Large Block Along the Ridge of Urvara Crater

Large Block Along the Ridge of Urvara Crater
Photojournal: PIA22759
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 26, 2018

This image of a large block along the ridge of Urvara Crater was obtained by NASAs Dawn spacecraft on July 24, 2018 from an altitude of about 36 miles (58 kilometers).

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