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Dawn LAMO Image 69

Dawn LAMO Image 69

Photojournal: PIA20564

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: April 18, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a scene from the northern hemisphere of Ceres, north of Occator Crater, which is home of the brightest area on the dwarf planet.

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