page_title: Verona Rupes
hierarchical_section_title: Verona Rupes
caption_attribution_description: English: This high-resolution image of Miranda was acquired by Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986, when the spacecraft was 36,250 kilometers (22,500 miles) from the Uranian moon. In this clear-filter, narrow-angle image, Miranda displays a dramatically varied surface. Well shown at this resolution of 660 meters (2,160 feet) are numerous ridges and valleys -- a topography that was probably produced by compressional tectonics. Cutting across the ridges and valleys are many faults. The largest fault scarp, or cliff, is seen below and right of center; it shows grooves probably made by the contact of the fault blocks as they rubbed against each other (leaving what are known as slickensides). Movement of the down-dropped block is shown by the offset of the ridges. The fault may be 5 km (3 mi) high, or higher than the walls of the Grand Canyon on Earth.
context_page_description: Verona Rupes is a cliff on Miranda, a moon of Uranus. The cliff face, previously thought to be from 5 to 10 km high, as of 2016 is estimated to be 20 km high, which makes it the tallest known cliff in the Solar System.
  It may have been created by a major impact, which caused the moon to disrupt and reassemble, or by the crust rifting.
  Given Miranda's low gravity, it would take about 12 minutes to fall from the top, reaching the bottom at the speed of about 200 km/h. Even so, the fall might be survivable given proper airbag protection.
context_section_description: Verona Rupes is a cliff on Miranda, a moon of Uranus. The cliff face, previously thought to be from 5 to 10 km (3 to 6 mi) high, as of 2016 is estimated to be 20 km (12 mi) high, which makes it the tallest known cliff in the Solar System.
  It may have been created by a major impact, which caused the moon to disrupt and reassemble, or by the crust rifting.
  Given Miranda's low gravity, it would take about 12 minutes to fall from the top, reaching the bottom at the speed of about 200 km/h. Even so, the fall might be survivable given proper airbag protection.
caption: Verona Rupes, right of center,[2] photographed by the unmanned Voyager 2 spaceprobe in January 1986.
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