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Dawn LAMO Image 64

Dawn LAMO Image 64
Photojournal: PIA20559
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 11, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of Ertedank Planum, a large, generally flat area in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. Ejecta from a nearby impact has smoothed older features in this scene.

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