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Ernutet Crater - Enhanced Color

Ernutet Crater - Enhanced Color
Photojournal: PIA21419
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: February 16, 2017

This enhanced color composite image, made with data from the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the area around Ernutet crater. The bright red portions appear redder with respect to the rest of Ceres.

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