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Dawn Survey Orbit Image 37

Dawn Survey Orbit Image 37

Photojournal: PIA19610

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: July 30, 2015

This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a portion of the northern hemisphere on dwarf planet Ceres on June 24, 2015. The largest crater in this image, in the lower right quadrant, is called Ezinu. It is 75 miles (120 kilometers) across.

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