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Ceres' Southern Hemisphere in Survey

Ceres' Southern Hemisphere in Survey
Photojournal: PIA19569
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 10, 2015

A large crater in the southern hemisphere of dwarf planet Ceres is seen in this image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 6, 2015.

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