Flying by Iapetus

The Cassini spacecraft flies by Saturn's walnut-shaped moon, Iapetus, during a close encounter in September 2007.
More: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/spac...

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[ferrariModenas]

sure we never landed on the moon, the computer we use right now is also fake, let me go outside make fire with wood sticks cause I don't think ovens are real either

[ThereBeMe]

What? Uhh...how about the complete opposite?What we can't see is the most interesting.

[jerzeydolphins]

Heres my therory on this moons shape.It was exploding but the gravity outside the moon was alot stronger and combine that with other surrounding debris,planets,moons and all their gravity it forced the moon back to gether.NOw mind you all this happened in a nano second so just picture an extreme crack on the moon followed at the same time forces of gravity forcing the planet back together and thats where the shape comes in..I am no scientist and i didnt even sleep at a holiday inn...lmmfao

[tisdue]

We definitely landed on the moon. Make no mistake. It's what we found when we got there, and what happened along the way that's being hidden.

[Robfoxman]

how was this ridge made? I hear that scientists say that its made of ice. BUt i cant see aby reflections or white specks anywhere.

(And some say that Iapetus is artificial)

[bradsoar]

ive heard that alot of the craters and even the shape of the Iapetus is somewhat like a hexagon or an octagon.

ps: excuse spelling mistakes if any.

[lowamc]

Being an avid fan of astronomy I'm going to express my opinion.

Iapetus, in my opinion, is a mixture of natural geology and luck. No advanced civilization lives there. If they were to live there, they'd have come to Earth long time ago and as far as I know, there's no REAL proof of ETs.

(And don't start with those conspiracy theories that the US government hides that from the public and so on..)

[Ichinin]

Woohoo, higher texture resolutions for OrbiterSim :o)

[damianpoirier]

damn i thought we weren't going to be back there so soon thanks for posting. i'll hop over to nasa for more?

[ThereBeMe]

LMAO

[MaxSafeheaD]

You can obviously tell having been to Iapetus yourself. I have too and it looks nothing like this.