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Dawn LAMO Image 73

Dawn LAMO Image 73
Photojournal: PIA20568
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 22, 2016

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain within Chaminuka Crater on Ceres. Chaminuka was named for the spirit who provides rains during times of drought, according to the legends of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.

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