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Ceres, a dwarf planet, appears as a gray, cratered crescent, as the spacecraft that took this image was on the planet's night side. Only the bottom of the planet is visible, with the rest indistinguishable from the darkness of space.

NASA’s Dawn Sees Crescent Ceres

NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres' south polar region on May 17, 2017, from an altitude of about 26,400 miles (42,500 kilometers).

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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TakenMay 17, 2017
Image CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
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