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Dawn LAMO Image 201

Dawn LAMO Image 201
Photojournal: PIA20963
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 26, 2016

This image, taken on June 10, 2016 by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows cratered terrain on Ceres. Dawn took this image from its low-altitude mapping orbit, at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface.

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