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Dawn LAMO Image 129

Dawn LAMO Image 129
Photojournal: PIA20829
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 15, 2016

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of Homshuk Crater, left, on Ceres. This crater was named for a corn spirit originating with the Popoluca people of southern Mexico.

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