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Dawn HAMO Image 67

Dawn HAMO Image 67
Photojournal: PIA20130
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 1, 2015
The tall, cone-shaped mountain Ahuna Mons is seen in this image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Ahuna Mons taken on Oct. 14, 2015.

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