Lunar Retroreflector Rainbow Planetary Crystalographic Reflections Lunar Retroreflector Rainbow Planetary Crystalographic Reflections Has anyone read anywhere any references to the generation of a lunar retroreflector rainbow image or detailed descriptive retroreflector map for the lunar surface from the beginning of astro photography through NASA to current research covering such topics as described here The lunar surface contains a variable portion of spheroidal glass from volcanic meteoric and asteroidal impacts Such glassy objects will generate at the primary rainbow angle from the solar nadir a retroreflection of net sunlight compared to the natural lunar surface albedo If the spheres are well rounded they will generate a rainbow from the sunlight and if they are rough and ellipsoidal there will be a statistical spread of retroreflection light from the sunlight A sequence of images with 1 high pixel resolution 2 high dynamic range luminance resolution 3 high luminance resolution 4 multi spectral and 5 carefully calibrated characteristics to account for sensor and atmosphere of the moon as it crosses into and out of the region of the waxing and waning gibbous phase around both 42 degree primary rainbow separations from the solar nadir these images can be used to morphologically algorithmically and differentially calculate the additional reflectance of the whole moon s surface caused by the various distributions of the glass spheroids across the lunar surface The spectral characteristics of the net retroreflectance luminance could also be used to estimate the sphere distribution spheroid shape and size distributions and spheroid glass types as dispersed across the lunar surface I have seen topographic maps of the moon from NASA high resolution images from the 1960 s color maps of the moon from normal reflectance from different rock types halo glory at the solar nadir and heard of transient lunar phenomena but never seen any images but for lunar glass spheroid retroreflectors I have seen no data of images maps or spheroid characterized distributions Neither have I heard of any similar images taken from the probes sent to Venus Jupiter Saturn Mars or their moons or their rings where applicable of primary rainbow spheroidal light characterizations or hexagonal reflection zones for ice crystals of Saturn s rings where sensors may be capable of sensing the additional net retroreflection light with such differential light calculations in multiple images