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Dawn LAMO Image 42

Dawn LAMO Image 42
Photojournal: PIA20396
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: March 8, 2016

NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of unnamed craters in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. The crater at left displays rough spurs of compacted material along its lower edge, while the rest of its rim appears much smoother.

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