It is the biggest photo ever created of the moon - and lets budding astronomers explore the lunar north pole like ever before. Nasa today revealed the stunning six-and-a-half feet (two-meters)-per-pixel image, which covers an area equal to more than one-quarter of the United States. Constructed from 10,581 pictures, the mosaic provides enough detail to see textures and subtle shading of the lunar terrain. Use your mouse below to begin exploring the Lunar surface LRO entered lunar orbit in June 2009 equipped with seven instrument suites to map the surface, probe the radiation environment, investigate water and key mineral resources, and gather geological clues about the moon's evolution.
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Nasa image constructed from 10,581 photographs taken by an orbiting spacecraft
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Covers an area equivalent to a quarter of the US
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A complete printout would require a square sheet of paper wider than a football field
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Took four years to create
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