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Dawn LAMO Image 188

Dawn LAMO Image 188
Photojournal: PIA20950
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 7, 2016

NASA's Dawn spacecraft views Oxo Crater (6 miles, 10 kilometers wide) in this view from Ceres, taken on June 4, 2016, from its low-altitude mapping orbit, at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface.

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