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Dawn LAMO Image 92

Dawn LAMO Image 92
Photojournal: PIA20672
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 19, 2016

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Attis Crater on Ceres, which measures 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter. The long shadows in and around the crater reflect Attis's far-southern location.

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