Manhattanhenge // 2009
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Manhattanhenge (sometimes referred to as Manhattan Solstice) is a biannual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan's main street grid. The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices. It was coined in 2002 by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History. It applies to those streets that follow the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which laid out a grid offset 28.9 degrees from true east-west.
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NOVA scienceNOW - Manhattanhenge - YouTube
Manhattanhenge Time-lapse - YouTube
Manhattanhenge Info - Hayden Planetarium
Manhattan Sunset - Neil deGrasse Tyson's Blog
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