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Dawn LAMO Image 194

Dawn LAMO Image 194
Photojournal: PIA20956
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 17, 2016

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken on June 6, 2016, features bright material (at upper left) along the rim of the giant crater named Kerwan (174 miles, 280 kilometers wide) on Ceres.

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