The latest pictures were taken while the space agency's Dawn spacecraft, was flying at its lowest orbit yet - 240 miles above Ceres.
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Kupalo Crater, 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.
As always, the flurry of snaps seems to have given NASA more food for thought.
The fresh views shows the Kupalo Crater having a bright material on its rim and walls which, scientists are yet to confirm as salts.
In December, a study published in Nature described how the bright spots on one of Ceres' other craters, Occator, could be explained by salt formation.
"When we set sail for Ceres upon completing our Vesta exploration, we expected to be surprised by what we found on our next stop. Ceres did not disappoint," said Chris Russell, principal investigator for the Dawn mission.
"Everywhere we look in these new low- altitude observations, we see amazing landforms that speak to the unique character of this most amazing world."
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Part of Messor Crater(01 of03)
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows part of Messor Crater (25 miles or 40 kilometers, wide), located at northern mid-latitudes on Ceres. The scene shows an older crater in which a large lobe-shaped flow partly covers the northern (top) part of the crater floor. The flow is a mass of material ejected when a younger crater formed just north of the rim. (credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)
Floor of the Dantu Crater(02 of03)
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The fractured floor of Dantu Crater on Ceres is seen in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Similar fractures are seen in Tycho, one of the youngest large craters on Earth's moon. This cracking may have resulted from the cooling of impact melt, or when the crater floor was uplifted after the crater formed. (credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)
Cerean crater(03 of03)
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft viewed this Cerean crater, which is covered in ridges and steep slopes, called scarps on Dec. 23, 2015. These features likely resulted when the crater partly collapsed during its formation. The curvilinear nature of the scarps resembles those on the floor of Rheasilvia, the giant impact crater on Vesta, which Dawn orbited from 2011 to 2012. (credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)