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Dawn LAMO Image 183

Dawn LAMO Image 183
Photojournal: PIA20945
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 30, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an area in the interior of Yalode Crater on Ceres. Yalode is one of the largest impact basins on Ceres, with a diameter of 160 miles (260 kilometers).

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