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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-06-06 Vesta Dawn
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This image of asteroid Vesta is one of many images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft to create an animation showing the diversity of minerals through color representation.
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Vesta's Coat of Many Colors Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-06-07 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a part of the heavily cratered terrain in asteroid Vesta's northern hemisphere. Some of the craters have fresh, sharp rims, which suggests that they are reasonably young.
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Cratered Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-06-14 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a part of asteroid Vesta's surface that is covered by heavily cratered regolith. Regolith is the fine-grained material that covers most of Vesta's surface.
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Surface Covered with Regolith and Craters
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These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Lucaria Tholus quadrangle, in Vesta's northern hemisphere.
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Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Publicia Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-07-20 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft is located in Marcia quadrangle, just south of Vesta's equator. It has a scalloped shaped rim and the top part of the rim is more degraded than the rest.
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Octavia Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-20 Vesta Dawn
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These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Sextilia quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere. The dark rays of the small crater to the bottom right of Laelia are particularly spectacular in the right image.
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HAMO and LAMO Images of Laelia Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-22 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Floronia quadrangle, in Vesta's northern hemisphere. There are also many hummocky slumps of material around the crater's walls and base.
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Licinia Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-07 Dactyl Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn mission reveals the creeping dawn over the north pole of the giant asteroid Vesta now that sunlight is shining over that area. The mosaic shows two large impact craters.
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Dawn over the North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-10 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn mission shows a shadowy view of the northern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta during Dawn's last look back.
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Best Northern View of Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-11 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn mission shows the topography of the northern and southern hemispheres of the giant asteroid Vesta, updated with pictures obtained during Dawn's last look back.
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Shape of Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-20 Vesta Dawn
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This map from NASA's Dawn mission shows the global distribution of hydrogen on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.
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Hydrogen Map of Vesta
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Hydrogen is most abundant in areas with low reflectivity, or albedo, on the giant asteroid Vesta, as shown in this contour map from NASA's Dawn mission.
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Contour Map of Hydrogen on Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-11-06 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn mission shows a crater in the northern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta called Bellicia.
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Bellicia Crater, in Visible Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-16 Vesta Dawn
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This colorful composite image from NASA's Dawn mission shows the flow of material inside and outside a crater called Aelia on the giant asteroid Vesta. To the naked eye, these structures would not be seen. But here, they stand out in blue and red.
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Flowing in, Flowing out of Aelia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-16 Vesta Dawn
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This colorized composite image from NASA's Dawn mission shows the crater Antonia, which lies in the enormous Rheasilvia basin in the southern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta.
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Vesta's Many Colors at Sextilia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-03-02 Ceres Dawn
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Some might see a pancake, and others a sand dollar, in this new image from NASA's Dawn mission. Astronomers are puzzling over a mysterious large circular feature located south of the equator and slightly to the right of center in this view.
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'Pancake' Feature on Ceres
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-28 Ceres Dawn
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This image of Ceres is part of a sequence taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 23, 2015, from a distance of 3,169 miles (5,100 kilometers). Resolution in the image is about 1,565 feet (477 meters) per pixel.
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Dawn View from OpNav9
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-10 Ceres Dawn
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A large crater in the southern hemisphere of dwarf planet Ceres is seen in this image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 6, 2015.
PIA19569:
Ceres' Southern Hemisphere in Survey
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-05 Ceres Dawn
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The image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the northeast rim of Sintana Crater on Ceres. The crater's steep rim is shadowed in this particular view.
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Dawn LAMO Image 21
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-11 Ceres Dawn
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The largest feature in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft is Geshtin crater, which is superposed (located on top of) by the younger Datan crater. On its upper-left rim, Datan is superposed by a smaller, even younger unnamed crater.
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Dawn HAMO Image 57
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-12 Ceres Dawn
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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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Dawn HAMO Image 58
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-13 Ceres Dawn
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This image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a giant, ancient impact crater with smaller craters in its interior. The large crater shows partial terracing on its southeast rim, whereas the north part is almost fully degraded.
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Dawn HAMO Image 59
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-17 Ceres Dawn
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, displays a linear structure trending from northeast to southwest (lower left to upper right). The graben might be interpreted as a chain of collapsed pits or secondary craters.
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Dawn HAMO Image 61
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-18 Ceres Dawn
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This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a fresh impact crater with a flat floor. The crater is surrounded by smooth, flow-like ejecta that covers adjacent older impact craters. The crater is about 16 miles (26 kilometers) in diameter.
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Dawn HAMO Image 62
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This image of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows hummocky terrain -- a surface covered in low, rounded hills -- with numerous impact craters of varying sizes.
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Dawn HAMO Image 63
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-30 Ceres Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the dramatic-looking crater named Haulani on Ceres.
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Dawn HAMO Image 66
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the rim of the large impact feature named Yalode in the southern mid-latitudes on dwarf planet Ceres. Linear, roughly parallel features are visible in the crater wall.
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Dawn HAMO Image 68
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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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Dawn HAMO Image 70
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Part of the southern hemisphere on dwarf planet Ceres is seen in this image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Two prominent, similarly sized craters (at left) demonstrate how impact features become degraded over time.
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Dawn HAMO Image 72
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Occator Crater draped over a digital terrain model provides a 3-D-like perspective view of the impact structure.
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Occator Crater in Perspective
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-12-14 Ceres Dawn
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This image, taken on Oct. 6, 2015 from NASA's Dawn mission, shows the 52-mile-wide (84 kilometer-wide) crater on Ceres named Gaue. This medium-sized basin has a relatively fresh rim with terraced walls and a smooth floor.
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Dawn HAMO Image 76
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This view, captured on Oct. 18, 2015 from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers) by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows northern mid-latitudes on Ceres, including a small impact crater surrounded by bright material.
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Dawn HAMO Image 77
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-12-22 Ceres Dawn
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These views of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on December 10, 2015, shows an area in the southern mid-latitudes of the dwarf planet. They are located around a crater chain called Gerber Catena.
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Dawn LAMO View Around Gerber Catena, Ceres
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Kupalo Crater, taken Dec. 21, 2016 by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows one of the youngest craters on Ceres. The crater has bright material exposed on its rim and walls, which could be salts. Its flat floor likely formed from impact melt and debris.
PIA20192:
Kupalo Crater from LAMO
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The fractured floor of Dantu Crater on Ceres is seen in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on Dec. 21, 2015. Similar fractures are seen in Tycho, one of the youngest large craters on Earth's moon.
PIA20193:
Floor of Dantu Crater from LAMO
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This Cerean crater, which is covered in ridges and steep slopes, called scarps, was captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Dec. 23, 2015. These features likely resulted when the crater partly collapsed during its formation.
PIA20194:
Crater with Scarps in LAMO
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-09 Ceres Dawn
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This image, taken by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows several unnamed craters superimposed upon one another. The low sun angle enhances the topography of this densely cratered region.
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Dawn LAMO Image 23
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the heavily cratered rim of an older, unnamed impact feature on Ceres. The crater density is almost the same inside and outside, and its wall is also quite battered by impacts.
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Dawn LAMO Image 24
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a densely cratered region within Meanderi Crater on Ceres. Elongated craters in the wall of the largest impact feature are likely the result of material slumping down the crater walls.
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Dawn LAMO Image 25
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a knobby surface on Ceres. The region is adjacent to the giant impact crater Urvara.
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Dawn LAMO Image 27
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This scene from Ceres, captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows an older crater (at top center) that has been blanketed by impact ejecta from the younger crater to its right.
PIA20383:
Dawn LAMO Image 29
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a fresh impact crater with an asymmetric rim. The crater displays a sharp rim over much of its perimeter that is interrupted by a smooth area in the north.
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Dawn LAMO Image 31
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this view of a region in the mid-southern latitudes of Ceres. The largest crater in the scene is Fluusa. Fluusa has a densely cratered floor and therefore is interpreted as an old impact feature.
PIA20387:
Dawn LAMO Image 33
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The view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an unnamed crater that lies in the northeast part of the larger impact feature Gaue. The area is dominated by small craters and is relatively smooth in general.
PIA20389:
Dawn LAMO Image 35
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows part of the crater named Sekhet on Ceres. Prominent shadows within the crater highlight Sekhet's central peak and mounds of material that have slumped downward from its walls.
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Dawn LAMO Image 36
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this view of Azacca Crater on Ceres. The rim of this crater has terraces descending from its rim down to its floor. The crater's floor is relatively free of large impact scars and is named for the Haitian god of agriculture
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Dawn LAMO Image 38
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the rim of Ikapati Crater on Ceres. The rough features around the rim of this impact scar give way to smoother, lightly cratered terrain in the lower half of the image.
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Dawn LAMO Image 40
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a small patch of bright material close to the northern rim of the giant crater Yalode, seen at lower left. Yalode is one of the largest impact basins on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 44
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a scene located at mid-latitudes in the southern hemisphere of Ceres. The view features a portion of a crater between the large impact features Urvara and Yalode.
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Dawn LAMO Image 45
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows cratered terrain in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. The large crater in the scene appears quite ancient.
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Dawn LAMO Image 47
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows mountainous terrain along the rim of Ikapati Crater, located in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. The scene is lightly cratered, mostly by small impacts.
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Dawn LAMO Image 49
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the southeastern rim of Occator Crater. Compacted material forms spurs along the crater wall. A group of roughly parallel, braided fractures can be seen on the crater floor at top center.
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Dawn LAMO Image 51
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft flys over dwarf planet Ceres which Dawn has been orbiting for mre than a year, providing us with fascinating views of an alien world.
PIA20537:
Unveiling Ceres (Animation) Animation Icon
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an impact site at high southern latitude on Ceres. A smooth blanket of ejecta surrounds the crater. Many boulders can be seen around the crater's rim and on the sunlit part of its floor.
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Dawn LAMO Image 52
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft flys over dwarf planet Ceres which Dawn has been orbiting for mre than a year, providing us with fascinating views of an alien world.
PIA20408:
Dawn LAMO Image 53
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a moderate-sized impact feature that is imprinted upon the southern rim of Mondamin Crater. Boulders of various sizes can be seen around the crater's rim and on the sunlit part of its floor.
PIA20409:
Dawn LAMO Image 54
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features a smooth-walled impact crater in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. The view is centered at approximately 65 degrees north latitude, 155 degrees east longitude.
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Dawn LAMO Image 57
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of Mondamin Crater, an impact feature 78 miles (126 kilometers) in diameter, in the southern hemisphere of Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 59
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows two relatively young craters superimposed on a larger, older impact feature. The smaller craters have streaks of bright material on their walls.
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Dawn LAMO Image 60
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Tupo Crater, named for a Polynesian god of turmeric, is shown at upper left in this view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Just below the crater, a line of narrow troughs parallels the rim of Tupo.
PIA20557:
Dawn LAMO Image 62
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of Ertedank Planum, a large, generally flat area in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. Ejecta from a nearby impact has smoothed older features in this scene.
PIA20559:
Dawn LAMO Image 64
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Zadeni Crater, at 80 miles (128 kilometers) wide, is a prominent impact feature in the southern hemisphere of Ceres. This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain in Zadeni's interior, which hosts numerous smaller craters.
PIA20574:
Dawn LAMO Image 79
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Ceres' densely cratered landscape is revealed in this image taken by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The craters show various degrees of degradation. The youngest craters have sharp rims.
PIA20578:
Dawn LAMO Image 83
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of Ceres shows a small, double-impact crater (at bottom) near a larger crater. The larger structure has a crater floor with roughly the same crater density.
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Dawn LAMO Image 88
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the western rim of Azacca Crater on Ceres. A smaller impact feature sits on its flank. Of particular interest in this scene is the great number of small, bright spots, in the southern part of the image.
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Dawn LAMO Image 90
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater within the floor of the Mondamin impact basin, which lies in the southern hemisphere of Ceres.
PIA20674:
Dawn LAMO Image 94
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of the northeastern rim of Yalode Crater, one of the largest impact features on Ceres. A set of narrow, roughly parallel fractures can be seen at top center.
PIA20678:
Dawn LAMO Image 98
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain on Ceres in which the rim of a more recent impact crater, at center, has partially collapsed into its adjacent neighbor, just below. Boulders are visible in and around the younger, smaller crater.
PIA20679:
Dawn LAMO Image 99
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an area in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. At upper left, material from the rim of a fresher crater appears to have slumped into its neighbor.
PIA20685:
Dawn LAMO Image 105
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft sees Occator Crater, home of the brightest area on Ceres, also has an intriguing rim. The jagged slopes of this basin, and linear features on its floor, contrast with the relatively smooth terrain around it.
PIA20648:
Dawn LAMO Image 108
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Tupo Crater, named for a Polynesian god of turmeric, is featured in this view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. This impact feature is 22 miles (36 kilometers) in diameter and features a prominent central ridge of mountain.
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Dawn LAMO Image 111
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows impact craters near Ceres' equator where material from the rim of one crater has apparently collapsed into its neighbor. A variety of large boulders are visible within the younger crater at top.
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Dawn LAMO Image 116
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft imaged this terrain, adjacent to Occator Crater on Ceres, which is immediately to the left of this view. This relatively smooth, lightly cratered area is part of the ejecta blanket of Occator.
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Dawn LAMO Image 117
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Cratered terrain in the northern hemisphere of Ceres is seen in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The scene is dotted with small impacts among larger, more ancient craters.
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Dawn LAMO Image 121
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on Feb. 4, 2016, showing a double impact feature at high northern latitudes on Ceres, just south of the large crater named Ghanan.
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Dawn LAMO Image 135
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain in the southern hemisphere of Ceres. Most of the image is the impact crater named Annona (37 miles, 60 kilometers across); the smaller, prominent crater at upper left is unnamed.
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Dawn LAMO Image 136
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Terrain shown in this view from Ceres lies within the large, southern hemisphere impact basin named Zadeni. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 17, 2016.
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Dawn LAMO Image 139
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an unnamed impact feature that lies on the northern rim of Chaminuka Crater in Ceres' southern hemisphere.
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Dawn LAMO Image 144
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This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 29, 2016, shows craters just south of the large impact basin named Ghanan.
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Dawn LAMO Image 164
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an area in the interior of Yalode Crater on Ceres. Yalode is one of the largest impact basins on Ceres, with a diameter of 160 miles (260 kilometers).
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Dawn LAMO Image 183
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This view, taken on June 3, 2016, from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an area within the floor of the Mondamin impact basin, which lies in the southern hemisphere of Ceres. Mondamin Crater is about 78 miles (126 kilometers) in diameter.
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Dawn LAMO Image 186
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater at upper right with a sharply defined rim. To its left is an older impact crater whose features have been softened by a blanket of material, likely ejected from a nearby impact.
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Dawn LAMO Image 192
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken June 7, 2016, shows part of Lono Crater (at bottom) within the giant Yalode impact basin on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 195
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This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a series of linear features, which are depressions that located within the large Yalode Crater on Ceres.
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Dawn LAMO Image 197
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken on June 12, 2016, shows terrain on Ceres covered by ejecta from a nearby impact, which has smoothed the appearance of older features.
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Dawn LAMO Image 202
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On Oct. 18, 2016, from its second extended-mission science orbit (or XMO2), at a distance of about 920 miles (1,480 kilometers) above the surface of Ceres, NASA's Dawn spacecraft spied Azacca Crater.
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Dawn XMO2 Image 6
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This image shows a portion of the northern hemisphere of Ceres, as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Cozobi Crater is the sharply defined impact feature at top left. At far right is Victa Crater. Abellio Crater is sharply defined crater with a central peak.
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Dawn XMO2 Image 11
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This view of dwarf planet Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Kaikara Crater, the largest impact crater in this image taken on Oct. 20, 2016.
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Dawn XMO2 Image 18
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows part of the southwestern rim of Yalode Crater on Ceres. Yalode is one of the largest impact basins on Ceres. A great deal of material has slumped down the walls of the crater. a phenomenon called mass wasting.
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Dawn XMO2 Image 24
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This view, taken on Oct. 22, 2016, from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the rim of Yalode Crater on Ceres at upper left. Yalode is one of the largest impact basins on Ceres.
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Dawn XMO2 Image 27
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This frame from a video captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a flyover of the intriguing crater named Occator on dwarf planet Ceres. Occator is home to Ceres' brightest area.
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Flight Over Occator (Animation) Animation Icon
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The 6-mile-wide (10-kilometer-wide) Oxo Crater stands out on the dark landscape of Ceres in this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
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Dawn XMO2 Image 30
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On Oct. 24, 2016, NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured the low angle of illumination bringing this pair of nested craters near Ceres' south pole into sharp relief.
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Dawn XMO2 Image 31
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This image taken on August 15, 2016, shows the eastern part of a feature called Nar Sulcus in Yalode Crater on dwarf planet Ceres, as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
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Nar Suclus
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed many landslides on Ceres, which researchers interpret to have been shaped by a significant amount of water ice.
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Landslides on Ceres
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Ceres' surface shows evidence for different types of flows that indicate the presence of ice in the regolith. One type of flow encircles the large impact crater at right in this image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
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Flow Around a Crater on Ceres
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This enhanced color image of Ceres' surface was made from data obtained on April 29, 2017, when NASA's Dawn spacecraft was exactly between the sun and Ceres.
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Enhanced Color View of Ceres at Opposition
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The 16-mile-wide (26-kilometer-wide) crater Insitor is located almost exactly in the center of Kerwan crater on Ceres, as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
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Odds of a Cosmic Bullseye
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the northeastern rim of Urvara Crater on Ceres at lower left. To the right of the crater, the long, narrow feature that appears to jut out toward the north is called Pongal Catena.
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Pongal Catena on Ceres
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the largest crater on Ceres, called Kerwan. Kerwan is very relaxed and looks like a pancake especially when viewed near Ceres' limb.
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Kerwan in Full
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