Here's a shock of color on the Moon! From afar, the Moon appears in shades of gray, but get up close with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and new details emerge. In this photo the Lassell Massif (a so-called "red spot") in Mare Nubium appears orange in the center of this WAC color composite image. The image was derived by assigning red to 689 nm, green to 415 nm, and blue to 321 nm images. The image was enlarged by a factor of two for viewing here; north is up. NASA's near-term plan is to advance the nation’s space program by increasing science activities near and on the Moon and ultimately returning humans to the surface. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University #NASA #moon #color #composite #exploration #space #LRO #LROC