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	Manhattanhenge
JohnWaterman
6-15-2008 5:42 PM
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JohnWaterman says:
I really hope I get to visit New York one day.
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6-16-2008 11:19 PM
tanyamm
I've never really had the desire to see New York city but, for that solstice I would love to see it.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/164a00b7-60d1-4c45-805c-c1d01c502c28/446A6DC1-14E3-4D95-BF0C-10D909023AE0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhattanhenge&oldid=218487153" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhattanhenge&oldid=218487153" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhattanhenge&oldid=218487153"><B>Manhattanhenge</B> (sometimes referred to as <B>Manhattan Solstice</B>) is a semi-annual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of <A title="Manhattan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan">Manhattan</A>'s main street grid. The term is derived from <A title="Stonehenge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge">Stonehenge</A>, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the <A title="Solstices" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstices">solstices</A>. It was coined in 2002 by <A title="Neil deGrasse Tyson" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson">Neil deGrasse Tyson</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhattanhenge&oldid=218487153">It applies to those streets that follow the <A title="Commissioners' Plan of 1811" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioners%27_Plan_of_1811">Commissioners' Plan of 1811</A> which laid out a grid offset 28.9 degrees from true east-west</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhattanhenge&oldid=218487153">At sunset, a traveler along one of the north-south avenues on the West Side while looking east can observe the phenomenon indirectly, being struck by the reflected light of the many windows which are aligned with the grid. An observer on the East Side can look west and see the Sun shining down a canyon-like street</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhattanhenge&oldid=218487153">The dates of Manhattanhenge are usually <A title="May 28" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_28">May 28</A> and <A title="July 12" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12">July 12</A> or <A title="July 13" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_13">July 13</A> (spaced evenly around <A title="Summer Solstice" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Solstice">Summer Solstice</A>)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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