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Dawn LAMO Image 15

Dawn LAMO Image 15
Photojournal: PIA20305
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 28, 2016

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures a portion of Ceres near the equator, including a crater surrounded by bright material. The image is centered at approximately 2.5 degrees south latitude, 112 degrees east longitude.

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