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Juling Crater's Shadow

Juling Crater's Shadow
Photojournal: PIA21918
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/ASI/INAF
Published: March 14, 2018

This view from NASA's Dawn mission shows where ice has been detected in the northern wall of Ceres' Juling Crater, which is in almost permanent shadow.

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