NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory uploaded a video last Tuesday showing images captured by the Dawn spacecraft while orbiting above dwarf planet Ceres over the last year.
The "Unveiling Ceres" video reveals detailed sights of Ceres' highest mountain Ahuna Mons, the Haulani, Oxo and Urvara craters, as well as the dwarf planet's brightest region, the 80-million-year-old Occator crater. Dawn's Chief Engineer and Mission Director Marc Raymanas said in the video, that as exploration progressed, the spacecraft was able to gradually shorten its distance to Ceres. Currently, the Dawn is now orbiting only 240 miles above the dwarf planet -- this means it's currently closer to Ceres than the International Space Station is to planet Earth.