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Ceres at Dawn - Take One

Ceres at Dawn - Take One
Photojournal: PIA19311
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: March 6, 2015

The slim crescent of Ceres smiles back as the dwarf planet awaits the arrival of an emissary from Earth. This image was taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on March 1, 2015, just a few days before it achieved orbit around the previously unexplored world.

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