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Dawn LAMO Image 184

Dawn LAMO Image 184
Photojournal: PIA20946
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: October 3, 2016

NASA's Dawn spacecraft views a portion of the northern rim of Urvara Crater (101 miles, 163 kilometers wide) in this scene from Ceres taken on June 3, 2016, at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface.

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