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Dawn LAMO Image 8

Dawn LAMO Image 8
Photojournal: PIA20298
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 19, 2016

Flecks of bright material can be seen in this image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Dawn took this image on Dec. 19, 2015, at an approximate altitude of 240 miles (385 kilometers) above Ceres.

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