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Views of Ceres on Approach, Uncropped

Views of Ceres on Approach, Uncropped
Photojournal: PIA19184
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: February 25, 2015

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained these uncropped images of dwarf planet Ceres on Feb. 19, 2015, from a distance of about 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers). The images show the full range of different crater shapes that can be found at Ceres' surface.

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