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                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2020 November 29
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            Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System
                     Image Credit: [3]Voyager 2, [4]NASA

   Explanation: Could you survive a jump off the tallest cliff in the
   Solar System? Quite possibly. [5]Verona Rupes on [6]Uranus' moon
   [7]Miranda is estimated to be 20 kilometers deep -- ten times the depth
   of the [8]Earth's Grand Canyon. Given [9]Miranda's low gravity, it
   would take about 12 minutes for a [10]thrill-seeking adventurer to fall
   from the top, [11]reaching the bottom at the speed of a racecar --
   about 200 kilometers per hour. Even so, the [12]fall might be
   survivable given proper [13]airbag protection. The [14]featured image
   of Verona Rupes was captured by the passing [15]Voyager 2 robotic
   spacecraft in 1986. How the [16]giant cliff was created remains
   unknown, but is possibly related to a [17]large impact or [18]tectonic
   surface motion.

                  Tomorrow's picture: a starless space swan
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    Authors & editors: [30]Robert Nemiroff ([31]MTU) & [32]Jerry Bonnell
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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2011/TallestCliff_Voyager2_1002.jpg
   3. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html
   4. https://www.nasa.gov/
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona_Rupes
   6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus/overview/
   7. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/uranus-moons/miranda/in-depth/
   8. http://www.nps.gov/grca/
   9. http://stereomoons.blogspot.com/2009/09/mirandas-warning.html
  10. http://cdn.acidcow.com/pics/20100603/dogs_love_car_and_wind_09.jpg
  11. https://vimeo.com/108650530#t=2m41s
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140210.html
  13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2fAgW_1nD0
  14. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00044
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  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080723.html
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050308.html
  18. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2953
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  25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
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  29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201130.html
  30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  33. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
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