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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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