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Dawn LAMO Image 159

Dawn LAMO Image 159
Photojournal: PIA20921
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 26, 2016
This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain on Ceres centered at approximately 34 degrees south latitude, 266 degrees east longitude -- between the large basins named Urvara and Yalode.

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