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Ceres from Dawn’s Survey Orbit: Bright Splotch

Ceres from Dawn’s Survey Orbit: Bright Splotch
Ceres from Dawn’s Survey Orbit: Bright Splotch This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows dwarf planet Ceres from an altitude of 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers). The image, with a resolution of 1,400 feet (410 meters) per pixel, was taken on June 6, 2015. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA