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Dawn LAMO Image 107

Dawn LAMO Image 107
Photojournal: PIA20647
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 10, 2016

This pair of craters is located in the northern hemisphere of Ceres as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The wall of the older crater (lower of the two) has partially collapsed where it adjoins the rim of its younger neighbor.

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