Dawn XMO2 Image 20, JPL/NASA images
Ceres' Ezinu Crater is seen at top right in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The crater features a network of canyon-like features. Ezinu measures about 72 miles (116 kilometers) in diameter and was name... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 18, JPL/NASA images
This view of dwarf planet Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Kaikara Crater, the largest impact crater in this image. Kaikara is 45 miles (72 kilometers) wide. Dawn took this image on Oct. 20, 2016, from ... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 10, JPL/NASA images
This image of the limb of dwarf planet Ceres shows a section of the northern hemisphere. A shadowy portion of Occator Crater can be seen at the lower right -- its bright "spot" areas are outside of the frame of... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 3, JPL/NASA images
Relatively young craters, with sharp crater rims and streaks of bright material, are the focus of this view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The large, ancient and quite degraded crater Fluusa is seen at t... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 4, JPL/NASA images
This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features a lobe-shaped flow feature in Ghanan Crater on Ceres. The flow feature is a place where a crater rim has collapse and material has flowed across the surface. Sever... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 26, JPL/NASA images
This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the craters Kondos and Jarimba on Ceres. Jarimba, at 43 miles (69 kilometers) in diameter, is the largest crater in this image, located at lower left. Above it, on th... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 8, JPL/NASA images
The craters Takel and Cozobi are featured in this image of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Takel is the young crater with bright material on the left of this image, and Cozobi is the sharply defined crater j... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 17, JPL/NASA images
This northern hemisphere scene from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features Ceres' Messor Crater (25 miles or 40 kilometers wide) just above center. Messor exhibits a flow feature from the collapse of the rim of an adj... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 27, JPL/NASA images
This view 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, with a diameter of 160 miles (260 kilometers). For a view of Yal... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 1, JPL/NASA images
The small, bright crater Oxo on Ceres is featured in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Oxo (6 miles, 10 kilometers in diameter) is located at mid-latitudes on Ceres and likely has water ice. Dawn took th... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 22, JPL/NASA images
Dantu Crater on Ceres, at top center, is featured in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Dantu, whose diameter is 77 miles (124 kilometers), has a central complex of mountain peaks. Small patches of bright ... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 25, JPL/NASA images
This view, taken on Oct. 21, 2016, from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows Megwomets Crater on Ceres. Megwomets is the largest crater in this image, at right of center. The crater is named for a Yurok god of acorns and... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 5, JPL/NASA images
Oxo Crater and its surroundings are featured in this image of Ceres' surface from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Dawn took this image on Oct. 18, 2016, from its second extended-mission science orbit (XMO2), at a dist... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 7, JPL/NASA images
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Occator Crater on Ceres, with its signature bright areas. Dawn scientists have found that the central bright spot, which harbors the brightest material on Ceres, con... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 9, JPL/NASA images
Zadeni Crater on Ceres is featured in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. This large southern-hemisphere crater is 79.5 miles (128 kilometers) in diameter and is named for an ancient Georgian god of bountif... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 11, JPL/NASA images
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 i... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 14, JPL/NASA images
Sintana Crater is seen on the left side of this image of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacercraft. The crater's central peak casts a shadow over its western flank. At lower right, the rim of Darzamat peeks into view... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 24, JPL/NASA images
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, with a diameter of 160 miles (260 kilometers). The scene... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 31, JPL/NASA images
The low angle of illumination brings this pair of nested craters near Ceres' south pole into sharp relief. The larger exterior crater is 53 miles (85 kilometers) in diameter and more than 1.6 miles (2.5 kilomet... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 2, JPL/NASA images
This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows Azacca Crater (31 miles, 50 kilometers wide) at top left, with its prominent set of north-south trending fractures. Azacca, named for the Haitian god of agricu... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 6, JPL/NASA images
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. The rim of Azacca (31 miles... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 12, JPL/NASA images
Kerwan Crater, at 174 miles (280 kilometers) in diameter is the largest crater that Dawn has discovered on Ceres. A portion of its jagged rim runs from the top left to bottom center of this image. Kerwan was na... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 28, JPL/NASA images
Meanderi Crater on Ceres is seen at lower right in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Meanderi -- named for the Ngaing goddess (New Guinea) of taro, sugar cane and other foods -- hosts several medium-sized... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 15, JPL/NASA images
This southern hemisphere scene from dwarf planet Ceres encompasses parts of the craters Mondamin and Darzamat. Mondamin, which is 78 miles (126 kilometers) wide, is the large crater located in the top half of t... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 19, JPL/NASA images
Part of Ezinu Crater on Ceres is seen at top left in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The crater features a network of canyon-like features. Ezinu measures about 72 miles (116 kilometers) in diameter and... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 29, JPL/NASA images
Ikapati Crater on Ceres is seen at top right in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Ikapati has a complex of central peaks and roughly parallel fractures on its floor. The crater, named for a Philippine god... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 13, JPL/NASA images
In this densely cratered area of Ceres, NASA's Dawn spacecraft spotted Tupo Crater, with its complex, hummocky interior, at center right. A portion of the rim of Darzamat Crater appears with dark shadows at low... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 16, JPL/NASA images
Sunlit cliffs tower above Yalode Crater on Ceres in this shadowy perspective view. At 152 miles (260 kilometers) in diameter, Yalode is one of Ceres' largest craters. A fissure called Nar Sulcus is seen just ri... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 21, JPL/NASA images
This scene from Ceres features terrain near the rim of the large crater named Kerwan, at lower left. At 174 miles (280 kilometers) in diameter, Kerwan is the largest crater that Dawn has discovered on Ceres. A... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 23, JPL/NASA images
This scene captured by NASA Dawn spacecraft on Oct. 21, 2016, from Ceres northern hemisphere shows part of the rim of Dantu Crater, at top right. Rao Crater is the largest crater in the bottom left corner of th... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 30, JPL/NASA images - Public domain map
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. Oxo is one of several sites at which ice has been identified by Dawn's visible... More
Dawn XMO2 Image 32, JPL/NASA images
This image captures the day-night boundary, or terminator, in the north polar region of Ceres. The north pole itself, which lies just slightly left of center in this view, is barely sunlit, even though the loca... More