New Horizons scientists made this false-color image of Pluto using a technique called principal component analysis to highlight the many subtle color differences between Pluto's distinct regions. The image data were collected by the spacecraft’s Ralph/MVIC color camera on July 14 at 11:11 AM UTC, from a range of 22,000 miles (35,000 kilometers). (Credits:NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)

Now that we’ve gotten to know Pluto better in recent history, we’re starting to see our distant friend in a new light, or color, if you would.

show Pluto highlighted in a rainbow of saturated colors that stray from the unassuming tan we’re used to seeing it. The false-color image above was made using a technique called principal component analysis, which uses an array of colors to show the differences between Pluto’s distinct regions found of the surface.

The picture was taken July 14 from , which is now on its way toward the Kuiper Belt, according to NBC News.