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Dawn LAMO Image 160

Dawn LAMO Image 160
Photojournal: PIA20922
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 29, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft taken on May 29, 2016, shows the eastern rim of Gaue Crater on Ceres.

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