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Dawn LAMO Image 193

Dawn LAMO Image 193
Photojournal: PIA20955
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 14, 2016

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken on June 6, 2016, shows an area of Ceres that includes a small, bright crater.

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