A few times each year, the rising and setting suns align with the east-west streets of Manhattan. It’s a phenomenon commonly referred to as "Manhattanhenge." While the exact timing varies slightly from one year to the next, it usually occurs a few weeks before and after the summer and winter solstices. Tonight’s sunset will find the full sun’s golden rays streaming directly through Manhattan"s major cross streets.
A day to celebrate the sun
Today in History
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Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Ring of fire solar eclipse
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Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
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It s World Bee Day
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Engineering an artificial harbor in Normandy
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Red-leaf hunting in Japan
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Tokyo welcomes a futuristic new art museum
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’Chess on ice’
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International Rock Day
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
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World Bicycle Day
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Autumn equinox
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The Grand Départ: Tour de France begins
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A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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World Art Day
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Christmas Bird Count
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Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Composite image of a lunar eclipse
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Italy s submerged village
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World Rivers Day
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What does the fox dream?
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A river runs through it
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Sandstone formations in the badlands near Caineville, Utah
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The Canary Islands, Spain
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Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
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An Alpine fairy-tale castle
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The island fox’s incredible comeback
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