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[[Image:Manhattanhenge2.jpg|thumb|right|Looking west along [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] at 8:23 p.m. on [[July 13]], [[2006]]. This photo shows the sun lined up with the center line of 42nd Street. It actually set slightly to the right. It set on the center line on [[July 12]].]]'''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 by [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]], an [[astrophysicist]] at the [[American Museum of Natural History]], in several of his writings in 2002. It occurs on those streets starting with [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]] and heading north, that follow Manhattan's tilted east-west grid. |
[[Image:Manhattanhenge2.jpg|thumb|right|Looking west along [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] at 8:23 p.m. on [[July 13]], [[2006]]. This photo shows the sun lined up with the center line of 42nd Street. It actually set slightly to the right. It set on the center line on [[July 12]].]]'''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 by [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]], an [[astrophysicist]] at the [[American Museum of Natural History]], in several of his writings in 2002. It occurs on those streets starting with [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]] and heading north, that follow Manhattan's tilted east-west grid. |
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The dates of Manhattanhenge are usually [[May 28]] and [[July 12]] or [[July 13]]. The two corresponding mornings of sunrise right on the center lines of the Manhattan grid are approximately [[December 5]] and [[January 8]].<ref>[http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/cityofstars.html Sunset on 34th Street Along the Manhattan Grid], ''[[Natural History]]''. Accessed [[October 11]], [[2007]]. "Manhattan has two such special days: May 28 and July 12. On these days, the Sun fully illuminates every single cross street during the last fifteen minutes of daylight and sets exactly on the street’s centerline."</ref> As with the solstices and [[equinoxes]], the dates vary somewhat from year to year. |
The dates of Manhattanhenge are usually [[May 28]] and [[July 12]] or [[July 13]]. The two corresponding mornings of sunrise right on the center lines of the Manhattan grid are approximately [[December 5]] and [[January 8]].<ref>[http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/cityofstars.html Sunset on 34th Street Along the Manhattan Grid], ''[[Natural History (magazine)|Natural History]]''. Accessed [[October 11]], [[2007]]. "Manhattan has two such special days: May 28 and July 12. On these days, the Sun fully illuminates every single cross street during the last fifteen minutes of daylight and sets exactly on the street’s centerline."</ref> As with the solstices and [[equinoxes]], the dates vary somewhat from year to year. |
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Revision as of 22:08, 18 October 2007
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 by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, in several of his writings in 2002. It occurs on those streets starting with 14th Street and heading north, that follow Manhattan's tilted east-west grid.
The dates of Manhattanhenge are usually May 28 and July 12 or July 13. The two corresponding mornings of sunrise right on the center lines of the Manhattan grid are approximately December 5 and January 8.[1] As with the solstices and equinoxes, the dates vary somewhat from year to year.
References
- ^ Sunset on 34th Street Along the Manhattan Grid, Natural History. Accessed October 11, 2007. "Manhattan has two such special days: May 28 and July 12. On these days, the Sun fully illuminates every single cross street during the last fifteen minutes of daylight and sets exactly on the street’s centerline."