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Topographic View of Ceres Mountain

Topographic View of Ceres Mountain
Photojournal: PIA19976
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
Published: September 30, 2015

This view, made using images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, features a tall conical mountain on Ceres. Elevations span a range of about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the lowest places in this region to the highest terrains.

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