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Dawn LAMO Image 27

Dawn LAMO Image 27
Photojournal: PIA20381
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: February 16, 2016

This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a knobby surface on Ceres. The region is adjacent to the giant impact crater Urvara.

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