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Dawn XMO2 Image 16

Dawn XMO2 Image 16
Photojournal: PIA21236
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 1, 2016

Sunlit cliffs tower above Yalode Crater on Ceres in this shadowy perspective view. At 152 miles, Yalode is one of Ceres' largest craters. A fissure called Nar Sulcus is seen just right of center. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on Oct. 19, 2016.

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