It's that time of year where New York magazines cite Neil Degrasse Tyson and show past photos of the sun setting in between the buildings of Manhattan. It was officially Friday and Saturday, but it was nice out Thursday so I went out to my rooftop and took some pictures and video looking west down 13th St. I don't regret this decision because the following two days ended up being cloudy at sunset. Here is the vine I made and some stills I took:
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You know something? I'm a big fan of portmanteaus. Done well, they're an art form: concise, smooth off the tongue, the perfect expression of language -- the purpose of which is to express ideas as close to perfectly as possible, after all. Plus, they're kinda quirky and modern and flashy. Someone told me about a lotion product or something today called Skintimate. That's a great portmanteau, that is, for the aforesaid reasons. Manhattanhenge is the worst I have ever encountered.
Yeah kind of agree with you. But it's a name that people are using. So I can convey what the post is without explanation. That said I don't think the particular date is that important. I notice the sun coming through Manhattan all the time and take plenty of pictures no matter what day. I hope you enjoy nonetheless. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is overrated tbqh.
I did enjoy. I had avoided clicking on all the articles because the portmanteau was too ugly, so I wasn't actually aware what the fuss was about. I'm still not clear... there are a lot of buildings in New York, a lot of angles through which to watch the sunrise. But either way. Neat pics.
All the East/West streets in Manhattan from Houston up (1st to 192nd) are offset 29 degrees to true east/west.
Yes, you can see the sun rise or set from the top of a highrise, but I'm not sure there are so many spots at street level. It's only on a particular couple of days, standing on a particular corner, that you see the sun actually slip below the horizon as captured by smoorman1024.
The New Yorkers have the place landmarked, I think - or maybe it's just word of mouth. There are other places, particularly in Mexico where earlier civilizations built pyramids or windows that do have special effects activated by the sun only during the equinoxes.