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Domes and fractures south of Cerealia Facula

Domes and fractures south of Cerealia Facula
Domes and fractures south of Cerealia Facula Dawn observed these domes and fractures south of Cerealia Facula on July 3 (and then streaked farther north to take the picture above). The spacecraft was 28 miles (44 kilometers) high when it recorded this scene, which is 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometers) across. The picture is oriented with the sunlight coming from the top, so features light at the top and dark at the bottom are elevated. Depressions, including the craters and fractures, have the opposite lighting. Full image and caption. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA