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elleng

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Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:42 PM Jul 2018

Manhattanhenge July 2018: When and Where to Watch

You might get another chance to take “the best sunset picture of the year” this week in New York.

(Sorry posting too late for today's.)

'New Yorkers, get ready for another chance to marvel at Manhattanhenge.

For two days every spring and summer, the sunset lines up with Manhattan’s street grid, creating a gorgeous celestial spectacle. For a brief moment, the sun’s golden rays illuminate the city’s buildings and traffic with a breathtaking glow.

“It’s the best sunset picture of the year that you will have in this beautiful city,” Jackie Faherty, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History said to The Times last year. “Sometimes they call it the Instagram holiday.”'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/science/manhattanhenge-dates-time-locations.html?

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