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Dawn HAMO Image 58

Dawn HAMO Image 58
Photojournal: PIA20120
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 12, 2015

This image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows three prominent craters located to the northeast of a terrace (the terrace feature being located at left in this image).

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