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Dawn LAMO Image 54

Dawn LAMO Image 54
Photojournal: PIA20409
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: March 28, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a moderate-sized impact feature that is imprinted upon the southern rim of Mondamin Crater. Boulders of various sizes can be seen around the crater's rim and on the sunlit part of its floor.

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