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Dawn LAMO Image 165

Dawn LAMO Image 165
Photojournal: PIA20927
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 6, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on May 29, 2016, shows terrain on Ceres centered at approximately 41 degrees north latitude, 308 degrees east longitude. Several features in this view display streaks and patches of bright material.

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