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Dawn LAMO Image 85

Dawn LAMO Image 85
Photojournal: PIA20580
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 10, 2016

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features a relatively fresh crater on Ceres with prominent spurs of compacted material and gullies along its rim. Boulders of a variety of sizes litter the crater's floor and the area around its rim.

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