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Dawn LAMO Image 72

Dawn LAMO Image 72
Photojournal: PIA20567
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 21, 2016

Omonga Crater on Ceres was named for a rice spirit who dwells in the moon, according to legends of the Mori people of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. NASA's Dawnspacecraft spotted Omonga from above the surface.

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