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Dawn LAMO Image 16

Dawn LAMO Image 16
Photojournal: PIA20306
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 29, 2016

This view captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a section of Jarimba Crater on Ceres. A portion of the crater rim near top center appears much sharper, with smoother walls, than elsewhere.

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