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Dawn LAMO Image 63

Dawn LAMO Image 63
Photojournal: PIA20558
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 8, 2016

Ninsar Crater, in the northern hemisphere of Ceres, is seen this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Ninsar was named for a Sumerian goddess of plants and vegetation.

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