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Samhain Catenae on Ceres

Samhain Catenae on Ceres
Photojournal: PIA22086
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 9, 2017

This image made with data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows pit chains on dwarf planet Ceres called Samhain Catenae.

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