If you didn't know, NASA's Dawn mission satellite sailed in close to Ceres -- real close -- and the initial photographic results are fantastic. And they did capture one dead-on bullseye of the bright salt deposits in the Occator Crater. So now, with all this high resolution data, scientists will finally be able to figure out why these salts are there, why there are so bright, and exactly what they're made out of. They already have a pretty good idea on the last one (sodium carbonate).
At least that's what they're hoping to do.
Here's the salty shot:
You can see all the Dawn pictures here - most recent are at the top.
Dawn Mission/Multimedia/Images
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