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Color global view of Ceres: Dantu crater

Color global view of Ceres: Dantu crater
Color global view of Ceres: Dantu crater This approximately true-color image was taken at 11:18 on May 4, 2015, as Dawn was surveying Ceres in its "Rotation Characterization 3" orbit 13,637 kilometers above the surface. Dantu crater is near the top of the visible disk, associated with a spatter of brighter spots. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / Justin Cowart