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Dawn HAMO Image 89

Dawn HAMO Image 89
Photojournal: PIA20190
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 11, 2016

This view of Ezinu Crater on Ceres was taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Oct. 19, 2015. Ezinu is the large crater in the top left corner of the image and contains a canyon-like feature near its center.

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