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Dawn LAMO Image 174

Dawn LAMO Image 174
Photojournal: PIA20936
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 19, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows cratered terrain on the edge of the giant crater Yalode. This image was taken on June 1, 2016.

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