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Dawn HAMO Image 54

Dawn HAMO Image 54
Photojournal: PIA19997
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 6, 2015

The craters in the image, taken Oct. 1, 2015 from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, are characterized by different degrees of freshness, reflecting different ages. The sharply defined crater to right of center is named Takel.

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