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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's wide angle camera, or WAC, is creating a photographic atlas of the entire moon.

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By stitching together thousands of separate images

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scientists can create a global catalog of the mountains, craters, and rilles,

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like those seen here, near the landing site of Apollo 15.

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Color and contrast in WAC images give us clues about the chemical makeup of the lunar soil.

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The sharp border between the Seas of Serenity and Tranquility, for example, is probably

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caused by differing amounts of titanium.

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Crater shapes reveal their ages. These three craters are like a time-lapse photo,

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from the youngest at the top, with sharp, well-defined features, to the oldest at the bottom, nearly erased by time.

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With the wide angle images from LRO, we can improve our understanding of our nearest neighbor in the solar system.

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