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Dawn LAMO Image 203

Dawn LAMO Image 203
Photojournal: PIA20965
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 28, 2016

This image. taken on June 12, 2016, from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows dimly lit, cratered terrain on Ceres. Bright streaks of material are visible on one section of the crater wall (at bottom), and near the top of its central peak.

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