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Dawn LAMO Image 206

Dawn LAMO Image 206
Photojournal: PIA20968
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 2, 2016

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on June 13, 2016, shows terrain at the equator of Ceres. The image is centered at 0 degrees latitude, 291 degrees east longitude.

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