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Dawn LAMO Image 164

Dawn LAMO Image 164
Photojournal: PIA20926
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 2, 2016

This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 29, 2016, shows craters just south of the large impact basin named Ghanan.

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