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Dawn HAMO Image 88

Dawn HAMO Image 88
Photojournal: PIA20189
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: January 8, 2016

This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Tupo Crater (22 miles, 36 kilometers wide), at upper left, with its sharp rim and prominent central peak.

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