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Dawn HAMO Image 70

Dawn HAMO Image 70
Photojournal: PIA20133
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 4, 2015

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows different types of terrain located side by side on Ceres: a smooth terrain at right with numerous small impact craters, and a less-cratered, hummocky terrain at left.

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