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Dawn XMO2 Image 15

Dawn XMO2 Image 15
Photojournal: PIA21235
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 30, 2016

This southern hemisphere scene from dwarf planet Ceres encompasses parts of the craters Mondamin and Darzamat. Mondamin is large crater located in the top half of image, Darzamat is at bottom-right. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on Oct. 19, 2016.

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