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Dawn LAMO Image 169

Dawn LAMO Image 169
Photojournal: PIA20931
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 12, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows cratered terrain on Ceres, centered at 10 degrees south latitude, 197 degrees east longitude.

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