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Fracture Pattern Near Cerealia Facula

Fracture Pattern Near Cerealia Facula
Photojournal: PIA22630
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 31, 2018

This image of a fracture pattern near Cerealia Facula on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5, 2018 from an altitude of about 33 miles (54 kilometers).

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