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Dawn HAMO Image 60

Dawn HAMO Image 60
Photojournal: PIA20122
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 16, 2015

Dantu crater on Ceres, seen in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft at left, reveals structures hinting at tectonic processes that formed the dwarf planet's surface. Linear structures are spread over the crater floor.

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