Shadowed Craters on Ceres

Shadowed Craters on Ceres
July 8, 2016
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/GSFC-SVS
PIA NumberPIA20696
Language
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This image, created using data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows craters (blue markings) called 'cold traps'. These shadowed craters may have been collecting ice for billions of years because they are so cold.