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Ceres RC3 Animation

Ceres RC3 Animation
Photojournal: PIA19547
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 11, 2015

In this closest-yet view of Ceres, the brightest spots within a crater in the northern hemisphere are revealed to be composed of many smaller spots. This frame is from an animation of sequences taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 4, 2015.

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