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Dawn LAMO Image 11

Dawn LAMO Image 11
Photojournal: PIA20301
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 22, 2016

NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this portion of the southern hemisphere of Ceres on Dec. 20, 2015. The image is centered at approximately 46 degrees south latitude, 101 degrees east longitude.

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