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Dawn LAMO Image 149

Dawn LAMO Image 149
Photojournal: PIA20871
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 12, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows peaks in the center of Dantu Crater (78 miles, 125 kilometers) on Ceres. Dantu is named for a Ghanan god associated with the planting of corn.

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