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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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