Come one, come all. See Iapetus, the hideous disfigured moon. Be warned, it's grotesque two-faced surface and equatorial scar may be disturbing to young children. Great minds are still unsure if the moon was born with the bilateral ridge or if it was due to an unspeakable accident. The moon's erratic behavior in orbit could be due to it's frightening split personality. Originally born a reflective white moon characteristic of Saturn's orbiting bodies, it is rumored that both internal and external sources corrupted it with a coal-black dark side throughout it's lifetime.

To this day, even a partial glimpse of it can be a traumatic experience for both amateur and professional astronomers alike. Due to it's unappealing nature (and distance from flyby probes), it still remains to be completely photographed in the wild but brave individuals may click the image above for an accurate depiction. Closer analysis of it's horrific form should follow from the a flyby of the Cassini-Huygens probe scheduled for September 10th, 2007 providing that researchers have strong enough stomaches to observe its entirety.