Dwarf Planet Gallery

This view across the southeastern floor of the large Occator Crater on the dwarf planet Ceres is based on images…

NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured pictures, which were combined to create this false-color view of a region in Occator Crater on…

This Dawn stereo anaglyph of Occator Crater on Ceres shows impact melt deposits draped on faulted blocks on the northeastern…

This Dawn stereo anaglyph of Occator Crater on Ceres shows bright carbonate deposits draped on ridged impact melt deposits in…

This Dawn stereo anaglyph of Occator Crater on Ceres shows mounds and pits on the lobate impact melt deposits that…

This Dawn stereo anaglyph of Occator Crater on Ceres shows impact melt deposits in the southeastern part of the 57-mile…

NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this view of Ceres' limb on May 19, 2018.

This image shows the complex central construct and concentric fractures in the large Dantu Crater on Ceres, as obtained by…

This image shows Haulani Crater and its bright ejecta near the limb of Ceres and Oxo Crater, as obtained by…

This image, highlighting the complex set of fractures near the center of the large Ezinu Crater on Ceres, was obtained…

This image of blocks sliding down Occator Crater's southeastern wall on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June…

This image of the eastern part of Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 24,…

This image montage of 'stars' found on the floor of Ceres' Occator Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in…

This close-up view of the central peak of the 99-mile-wide (160-kilometer-wide) Urvara impact crater on Ceres was captured by NASA's…

This stereo view, called an anaglyph, of Cerealia Facula Pit and Dome on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft…

This stereo view, called an anaglyph, of lava flows on the floor of Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by…

This stereo view, called an anaglyph, of cracks in the floor of Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's…

This stereo view, called an anaglyph, of Occator Crater's floor on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft from an…

This stereo view, called an anaglyph, of Occator Crater's 'Mesa' on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft from an…

This image of Ceres and the bright regions in Occator Crater was one of the last views obtained by NASA's…

This image of Ceres and one of its key landmarks, Ahuna Mons, was one of the last views obtained by…

This image of Occator Crater on Ceres' limb -- short exposure -- was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on August…

This image of Occator Crater on Ceres' limb -- long exposure -- was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on August…

This image of mass wasting features along Occator Crater's rim on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on August…

This image of deep fractures in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 31, 2018…

This image of a fracture network on the floor of Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft…

This image of a fracture pattern on the floor of Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft…

This image of a large block along the ridge of Urvara Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft…

This image of the base of Occator Crater's eastern wall next to the Vinalia Faculae on Ceres was obtained by…

This image of a complex pattern on the floor of Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft…

This image of a detached large block from Urvara Crater's rim on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on…

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of boulders along Urvara Crater's wall was obtained from an altitude of about 28…

This mosaic from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, of Cerealia Facula combines images obtained from altitudes as low as 22 miles (35…

This artist's concept summarizes our understanding of how the inside of Ceres could be structured, based on the data returned…

This image showing detail of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on…

This image of landslides along Occator Crater's wall on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 16, 2018…

This image of lobate flows on Occator Crater's floor on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 16,…

This image of a bright crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 17, 2018 from an…

This image of a scarp in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 3, 2018…

This image of domes and fractures in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 3,…

This image of complex bright and dark material relationships in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft…

This image of fractures across Occator Crater's floor on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 4, 2018…

This image of Urvara Crater's ridge on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5, 2018 from an…

This image of bright spots in a small crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 1,…

This image of fractures in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 3, 2018 from…

This image of a wall on Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5, 2018…

This image of a dome in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5, 2018…

This image of complex patterns on Occator Crater's floor on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5,…

This image of a fracture pattern near Cerealia Facula on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5,…

This image of bright material in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5, 2018…

This image of fractures in Occator Crater's floor on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5, 2018…

This image showing detail of Urvara Crater's central ridge on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 6,…

This image of Vinalia Faculae on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 6, 2018 from an altitude…

This close-up image of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The mapping…

This mosaic of Cerealia Facula in Occator Crater on Ceres is based on images obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Intimate…

This close-up image of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater on Ceres, obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 14,…

This mosaic of a prominent mound located on the western side of Cerealia Facula on Ceres was obtained by NASA's…

This image of Occator Crater's southeastern wall and floor on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 17,…

This image of Occator Crater's northern wall on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 16, 2018 from…

This image of a battered crater rim on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 10, 2018 from…

This image of a small boulder on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 10, 2018 from an…

This image of the eastern rim of Occator Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 10, 2018 from…

This image of a small crater north of Ceres' Datan Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9,…

This image of smooth material on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018 from an altitude…

This image of landslides along Ceres' Occator Crater's eastern rim was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018…

This image of a boulder field near Ceres' Occator Crater's eastern rim was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June…

This image of Ceres' Occator Crater's eastern rim was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018 from an…

This image, obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018, shows subtle features on Ceres from an altitude of…

This image of Ceres' limb was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about…

This image of was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 420 miles…

This image was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 465 miles (750…

This image of the region between Urvara Crater's eastern rim and Yalode Crater's western rim was obtained by NASA's Dawn…

This image of Xevioso Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 16, 2018 from an altitude of about…

This image of Urvara Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 20, 2018 from an altitude of about…

This color mosaic of Dantu Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 23, 2018 from an altitude of…

This image of Juling and Kupalo Craters was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 25, 2018 from an altitude…

This image of Nar Sulcus in Yalode Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 19, 2018 from an…

On the way to its lowest-ever and final orbit, NASA's Dawn spacecraft is observing Ceres and returning new images of…

This annotated map projection from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft shows Charon, the largest of Pluto's five moons, annotated with its…

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft showing the northern part of Hanami Planum on Ceres honors the Japanese cherry blossom…

This view from NASA's Dawn mission shows the floor of Ceres' Juling Crater. The crater floor shows evidence of the…

This view from NASA's Dawn mission shows Ceres' tallest mountain, Ahuna Mons. A significant amount of sodium carbonate has been…

This view from NASA's Dawn mission shows where ice has been detected in the northern wall of Ceres' Juling Crater,…

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows large craters Urvara (top) and Yalode (bottom) on dwarf planet Ceres. The two…

This image taken on August 17, 2016 from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a complex set of fractures found in the…

This collage shows some of the most interesting geological sites that NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed at dwarf planet Ceres.

This image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a subtle feature on Ceres called Kwanzaa Tholus. The rounded shape of…

This image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a field of small craters next to Kokopelli Crater, seen at bottom…

This map from NASA's Dawn mission shows locations of bright material on dwarf planet Ceres. There are more than 300…

This simulated perspective view from NASA's Dawn mission shows the bright areas of Occator Crater, which contains the brightest area…

This image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Duginavi Crater, a large crater on Ceres. Duginavi hosts the small Oxo…

This image made with data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows pit chains on dwarf planet Ceres called Samhain Catenae.

This image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Emesh, a crater on Ceres. Emesh, named after the Sumerian god of…

NASA's Dawn spacecraft took these images of dwarf planet Ceres. The map overlaid on the right gives scientists hints about…

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a group of craters, left of center, that resembles a rubber duck. The…

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft highlights Axomama Crater, the small crater shown to the right of center; its sharp…

Pluto's bladed terrain as seen from NASA's New Horizons during its July 2015 flyby.

These maps are from NASA's New Horizons' data on the topography (top) and composition (bottom) of Pluto's surface. In the…

NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of Xevioso Crater on Oct. 15, 2015. Xevioso is located in the vicinity of…

This orthographic projection shows dwarf planet Ceres as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The projection is centered on Occator Crater,…