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Dawn LAMO Image 147

Dawn LAMO Image 147
Photojournal: PIA20869
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 10, 2016
NASA's Dawn spacecraft looked northward toward the limb of Ceres to capture this scene, with Rao Crater (7 miles, 12 kilometers) at bottom.

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