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Dawn LAMO Image 197

Dawn LAMO Image 197
Photojournal: PIA20959
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 20, 2016

This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a series of linear features, which are depressions that located within the large Yalode Crater on Ceres.

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