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Dawn LAMO Image 101

Dawn LAMO Image 101
Photojournal: PIA20681
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 2, 2016

This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater in the northern hemisphere of Ceres with spurs of compacted material on its walls.

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