---
title: "Closer view of Ceres shows multiple white spots"
description: "These latest images, taken on Feb. 4, from a distance of about 90,000 miles (145,000 km) clearly show craters – including a couple with central peaks –  and a clearer though still ambiguous view of th"
date: "2015-02-09"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Radu Serban"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/techie1986"
url: "https://futurism.com/closer-view-of-ceres-shows-multiple-white-spots"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "space"
---

# Closer view of Ceres shows multiple white spots

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- In several of the photos, the white spot clearly looks like a depression, possibly an impact site. In others, it appears more like a rise or mountaintop. But perhaps the most amazing thing is that there appear to be not one but many white dabs and splashes on Ceres' 590-mile-wide globe.
- As we continue to get closer we should begin to receive clearer pictures about what exactly these spots represent.
- NASA has not yet made an official comment on the nature of the spots.