Ceres From Dawn, Visible and Infrared Light

Ceres From Dawn, Visible and Infrared Light
January 19, 2015
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF
PIA NumberPIA19169
Language
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In this image, taken January 13, 2015, NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures the dwarf planet Ceres in both visible and infrared light. The infrared image, right, serves as a temperature map of Ceres, where white is warmer and red is colder.