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Dawn LAMO Image 153

Dawn LAMO Image 153
Photojournal: PIA20875
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 18, 2016

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this view of shadowed craters near Ceres' north pole at a distance of about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface on May 28, 2016.

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