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Sun Turns NYC into 'Manhattanhenge' Thursday

By: Life's Little Mysteries Staff

Date: 10 July 2012 Time: 09:55 AM ET

The view of the 2005 Manhattanhenge from Long Island City in Queens. CREDIT: Hhawk | wikicommons View full size image

New Yorkers will be treated to a special sight Thursday evening (July 12): It's one of two days a year when the setting sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan's street grid. As the sun sets on the Big Apple, it will light up both the north and south sides of every cross street.
The event has been dubbed "Manhattanhenge" for the way it turns New York City into a Stonehenge-like sun dial.
The sun sets perfectly in line with the Manhattan street grid twice a year, explains astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Hayden Planetarium website.


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