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Dawn LAMO Image 23

Dawn LAMO Image 23
Photojournal: PIA20313
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: February 9, 2016

This image, taken by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows several unnamed craters superimposed upon one another. The low sun angle enhances the topography of this densely cratered region.

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