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Dawn HAMO Image 53

Dawn HAMO Image 53
Photojournal: PIA19995
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: November 5, 2015

This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the surface of dwarf planet Ceres from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers) around mid-latitudes. The unusual mountain Ahuna Mons is featured here.

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