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DAWN - image of the day - January 2016

	29.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 16 (PIA20306) This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a section of Jarimba Crater on Ceres. A portion of the crater rim near top center appears much sharper, with smoother walls, than elsewhere.
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	29.01.2016 - Flight over Ceres (PIA20019) This simulated flight over Ceres emphasizes the most prominent craters, as well as the mountain Ahuna Mons. The movie shows Ceres in enhanced color, which helps to make visible subtle differences in the appearance of surface materials.
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	28.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 15 (PIA20305) This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures a portion of Ceres near the equator, including a crater surrounded by bright material.
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	27.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 14 (PIA20304) This moody scene from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures a portion of the southern hemisphere of Ceres. The image is centered at approximately 64 degrees south latitude, 291 degrees east longitude.
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	26.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 13 (PIA20303) This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures the central complex of mountain peaks within Dantu Crater on Ceres. A patch of bright material is visible near lower right.
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25.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 12 (PIA20302)

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures a portion of the northern hemisphere of Ceres. Bright material can be seen in the wall of the large crater at upper right. The image is centered at approximately 15 degrees north latitude, 351 degrees east longitude. Dawn captured the scene on Dec. 21, 2015 from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), at an approximate altitude of 240 miles (385 kilometers) above Ceres. The image resolution is 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel.

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22.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 11 (PIA20301)

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures a portion of the southern hemisphere of Ceres. The image is centered at approximately 46 degrees south latitude, 101 degrees east longitude. Dawn captured the scene on Dec. 20, 2015 from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), at an approximate altitude of 240 miles (385 kilometers) above Ceres. The image resolution is 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel.

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	21.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 10 (PIA20300) This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures the southeast rim of Dantu Crater. Bright material can be seen in some places along the walls. A network of fractures in the crater floor is visible at upper right. Dawn previously imaged the whole of Dantu from a higher-altitude mapping orbit (see PIA19993).
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20.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 9 (PIA20299)

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures gently curving canyons amid cratered plains on Ceres. The image is centered at approximately 31 degrees south latitude, 259 degrees east longitude, just north of the large crater Urvara. Dawn captured the scene on Dec. 19, 2015 from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), at an approximate altitude of 240 miles (385 kilometers) above Ceres. The image resolution is 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel.

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19.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 8 (PIA20298)

Flecks of bright material can be seen in this image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The view is centered at approximately 13.7 degrees north latitude, 144 degrees east longitude. Dawn took this image on Dec. 19, 2015, from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), at an approximate altitude of 240 miles (385 kilometers) above Ceres. The image resolution is 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel.

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15.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 7 (PIA20297)

NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this image of unnamed craters in the southern hemisphere of Ceres. The image is centered at approximately 45 degrees south latitude, 325 degrees east longitude. Dawn took this image on Dec. 18, 2015, from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), at an approximate altitude of 240 miles (385 kilometers) above Ceres. The image resolution is 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel.

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	14.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 6 (PIA20296) NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this image of unnamed craters near the equator of Ceres. The image is centered at approximately 4 degrees south latitude, 350 degrees east longitude.
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	13.01.2016 - Dawn LAMO image 5 (PIA20195) This view of the Cerean crater Victa was captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Dec. 19, 2015. The steep-walled crater is approximately 19 miles (30 kilometers) in diameter, and was named for the Roman goddess of food and nourishment.
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12.01.2016 - Crater with Scarps in LAMO (PIA20194)

NASA's Dawn spacecraft viewed this Cerean crater, which is covered in ridges and steep slopes, called scarps on Dec. 23, 2015. These features likely resulted when the crater partly collapsed during its formation. The curvilinear nature of the scarps resembles those on the floor of Rheasilvia, the giant impact crater on Vesta, which Dawn orbited from 2011 to 2012.

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	12.01.2016 - Floor of Dantu Crater from LAMO (PIA20193) The fractured floor of Dantu Crater on Ceres is seen in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Similar fractures are seen in Tycho, one of the youngest large craters on Earth's moon. This cracking may have resulted from the cooling of impact melt, or when the crater floor was uplifted after the crater formed.
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	12.01.2016 - Kupalo Crater from LAMO (PIA20192) This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Kupalo Crater, one of the youngest craters on Ceres. The crater has bright material exposed on its rim and walls, which could be salts. Its flat floor likely formed from impact melt and debris.
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12.01.2016 - Messor Crater from LAMO (PIA20191)

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows part of Messor Crater (25 miles or 40 kilometers, wide), located at northern mid-latitudes on Ceres. The scene shows an older crater in which a large lobe-shaped flow partly covers the northern (top) part of the crater floor. The flow is a mass of material ejected when a younger crater formed just north of the rim.

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	11.01.2016 - Dawn HAMO image 89 (PIA20190) This view of Ezinu Crater on Ceres was taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Oct. 19, 2015.
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	08.01.2016 - Dawn HAMO image 88 (PIA20189) This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Tupo Crater (22 miles, 36 kilometers wide), at upper left, with its sharp rim and prominent central peak.
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	07.01.2016 - Dawn HAMO image 87 (PIA20150) This image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows terrain in the southern hemisphere within the large crater called Yalode (160 miles, or 260 kilometers across). Many small-scale, linear troughs, in a variety of orientations, are apparent across this landscape.
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	06.01.2016 - Dawn HAMO image 86 (PIA20149) This image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows Sintana Crater (36 miles, 58 kilometers wide) at top, just right of center. The rim of a large crater called Zadeni (80 miles, 128 kilometers wide), is seen at the bottom of the image.
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	05.01.2016 - Dawn HAMO image 85 (PIA20148) This image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows cratered terrain at high northern latitudes. Dawn acquired the view from an altitude of 918 miles (1,478 kilometers) during the mission's High Altitude Mapping Orbit (HAMO) phase on Oct. 20, 2015. Image resolution is 394 feet (120 meters) per pixel.
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	04.01.2016 - Dawn HAMO image 84 (PIA20147) This view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows cratered terrain located immediately to the west of the intriguing mountain feature called Ahuna Mons.
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