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Dawn LAMO Image 95

Dawn LAMO Image 95
Photojournal: PIA20675
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 24, 2016

This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a network of canyon-like features near the center of Ezinu Crater on Ceres. Ezinu measures about 72 miles (116 kilometers) in diameter and was named for the Sumerian goddess of grain

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