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Dawn LAMO Image 13

Dawn LAMO Image 13
Photojournal: PIA20303
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 26, 2016

This view from NASA's captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Dec. 21,2015, shows the central complex of mountain peaks within Dantu Crater on Ceres. A patch of bright material is visible near lower right.

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