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Dawn LAMO Image 195

Dawn LAMO Image 195
Photojournal: PIA20957
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 18, 2016

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken June 7, 2016, shows part of Lono Crater (at bottom) within the giant Yalode impact basin on Ceres.

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