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Dawn HAMO Image 78

Dawn HAMO Image 78
Photojournal: PIA20141
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 16, 2015

NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this view of mid-latitudes on Ceres on Oct. 18, 2015, from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). The image has a resolution of 450 feet (140 meters) per pixel.

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