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Tawals Crater

Tawals Crater
Photojournal: PIA21750
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 3, 2017

This image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a region located next to the northwestern rim of Urvara Crater on Ceres. This terrain displays a rugged texture also found within Urvara.

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