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Emesh Crater on Ceres

Emesh Crater on Ceres
Photojournal: PIA21911
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 2, 2017

This image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Emesh, a crater on Ceres. Emesh, named after the Sumerian god of vegetation and agriculture, located at the edge of the Vendimia Planitia.

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