Iapetus Flag, Moon of Saturn

Flag of Iapetus

Outer Moon of Saturn

Iapetus is another unusual moon orbiting Saturn. It came to our awareness in 1671 upon the studies of Giovanni Domenico Cassini of Genoa.

Like its parent planet Saturn, Iepetus has a striking two tone black and white contrast that gives it a stunning beauty. In addition its great ridge or wall of Iapetus gives it an extraordinary unusually geologic dimension.

Finally it's orbit is highly tilted, thus it qualifies in some sense as beyond a moon. Reason being since Pluto has a tilted orbit and is no longer a planet - Iapetus is in some sense also Dwarf Planet due to its inclined (tilted) orbit relative to Saturn.

Flag of Iapetus
during a Saturn Rise with Titan in the distance

The Zodiac Cycle

Caspian Sea Flag

Flag of the Caspian Sea

This is the flag of the Caspian Sea. The colours are red, yellow, white, blue, and indigo.

The red border represents the surrounding lands of the sea. In the center is a blue ellipse that represents the Caspian Sea. The two counter charged circles of yellow and white represent the East and the West and Sun and Moon. Appropriately, this sea is a dividing line between Asia and Europe.

Titan Flag, Moon of Saturn

Flag of Titan

The flag of Titan takes its colours from the Dutch Astronomer who discovered it - Christaain Huygens on March 25, 1655. The colours orange, white, and blue reflect traditional Dutch colours. The symbol is the astrological icon for Titan and the livery colours stem from Hague, yellow & green.

Orange is also important due to the outer opaque orange colour of Titan's atmosphere.

Titan Image

Flase colour image of Titan peering beyond the thick haze. Titan is one of those magnificent moons that balances the magnificence of Saturn.
A moon with an atmosphere? Very strange indeed. Titan is the stuff of science fiction novels. Mars gets most of the glory in sci-fi movies, perhaps followed by Venus. But Titain is a mysterious moon in a league of its own.







Flag of Titan on Titan