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Looking over the south polar limb of Ceres

Looking over the south polar limb of Ceres
Looking over the south polar limb of Ceres Dawn had this view of Ceres at 86 degrees south latitude on Dec. 10, only three days after completing its descent to an average orbital altitude of 240 miles (385 kilometers). Click on the image and allow yourself to be pulled into the scene (and you might meet this writer there). Full image and caption. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA