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Dawn Survey Orbit Image 52

Dawn Survey Orbit Image 52
Photojournal: PIA19629
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: August 21, 2015

This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 6, 2015, features a tall mountain on Ceres that is 4 miles (6 kilometers) high -- among the tallest features seen on Ceres to date.

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