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"Franz Bestuchev" |
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12 Jul 2006 03:21:44 PM |
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Special Manhattan sunset day! |
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0607/nycsunset_tyson_big.jpg
Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight
just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street.
Usually, the tall buildings that line the gridded streets of New York
City's tallest borough will hide the setting Sun. This effect makes
Manhattan a type of modern Stonehenge, although only aligned to about 30
degrees east of north. Were Manhattan's road grid perfectly aligned to
east and west, today's effect would occur on the Vernal and Autumnal
Equinox, March 21 and September 21, the only two days that the Sun rises
and sets due east and west. If today's sunset is hidden by clouds do not
despair -- the same thing happens every May 28 and July 12. On none of
these occasions, however, should you ever look directly at the Sun.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
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| User: "Contrarian" |
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| Title: Re: Special Manhattan sunset day! |
12 Jul 2006 09:23:22 PM |
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Franz Bestuchev <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0607/nycsunset_tyson_big.jpg
Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight
just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street.
I didn't notice it. It wasn't raining at sunset (more precisely,
7:30 to 8:10. It was pouring earlier.
What with all the glassy walls, there's lots of
pretty cityscenes at sunset often.
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but the edge is still Out there. Or maybe it's In... HST (1967)
when i got to the edge , i built a deck % (2005)
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: Special Manhattan sunset day! |
12 Jul 2006 04:34:19 PM |
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:21:44 -0600, Franz Bestuchev wrote:
Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight
just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street.
As it will in just about any city where the roads run east-west.
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Feingold-Obama '08 - Because the Constitution isn't history,
It's the law.
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: Special Manhattan sunset day! |
12 Jul 2006 11:37:00 PM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:21:44 -0600, Franz Bestuchev wrote:
Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight
just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street.
As it will in just about any city where the roads run east-west.
Usually, the tall buildings that line the gridded streets of New York
City's tallest borough will hide the setting Sun. This effect makes
Manhattan a type of modern Stonehenge...
*although only aligned to about 30 degrees east of north.*
Were Manhattan's road grid perfectly aligned to east and west, today's
effect would occur on the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox
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