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Collage of Features on Ceres

Collage of Features on Ceres
Photojournal: PIA22090
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 17, 2018

This collage shows some of the most interesting geological sites that NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed at dwarf planet Ceres.

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