Mysterious Iapetus

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Iapetus - Voyager 1 image
Mysterious Iapetus Sat_p210

Link - http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/saturn/satmoons.html

Encountering Iapetus - Cassini
Mysterious Iapetus Pia06110

Link - http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06166

Mysterious Iapetus 18902810

Link - http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/189028main_iapetus-91828.jpg

Video:

Saturn's Moon: Iapetus Rotation

Image Sources:

Cassini Solstice - Iapetus
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/moons/iapetus/
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/?subCategory=14

CICLOPS - Cassini Images
http://ciclops.org/search.php?x=19&y=3&search=Iapetus&js=1

JPL - Photojournal Images
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/target/Iapetus

NASA - Solar System
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/search/index.cfm
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia

The Mountains of Saturn's Mysterious Moon Iapetus
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=1489

The Voyager Mountains
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_914.html
Search Results - The 'Voyager' Mountains Iapetus

Equatorial Ridge of Iapetus
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2005/arch05/050418iapetus.htm

The Enigmas on Iapetus
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Iapetus_Images_01.html
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Iapetus_Images_02.html

The View from Iapetus

3,419px × 1,073px - http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA08387.jpg

Iapetus (1,468 kilometers, or 912 miles across) is the only major moon of Saturn with a significant inclination to its orbit. From the other major satellites, the rings would appear nearly edge-on, but from Iapetus, the rings usually appear at a tilt, as seen here.

Link - http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08387

Saturn from Iapetus

A Moon with a View - Enterprise Mission

Link - http://www.enterprisemission.com

Link - http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net