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Dawn LAMO Image 189

Dawn LAMO Image 189
Photojournal: PIA20951
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 10, 2016

NASA's Dawn took this image on June 17, 2016, of Tibong Crater (22 miles, 36 kilometers wide), at left, on Ceres.

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