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Dawn XMO2 Image 30

Dawn XMO2 Image 30
Photojournal: PIA21250
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 25, 2017

The 6-mile-wide (10-kilometer-wide) Oxo Crater stands out on the dark landscape of Ceres in this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

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