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Dawn LAMO Image 93

Dawn LAMO Image 93
Photojournal: PIA20673
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 20, 2016

This image captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows small craters within Meanderi Crater on Ceres, which measures 64 miles (103 kilometers) in diameter.

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