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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Happy Halloween!
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Protecting endangered giants
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Veterans Day
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Nursing the world to health
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Preveli Gorge
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Looking back at Yellowstone, 30 years after the fires
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Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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Freeze frame
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A cliff-hanging complex of temples
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National Fossil Day
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Winter in England s Cotswolds
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Winnie-the-Pooh Day
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Wild lupines
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Cinco de Mayo
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Oh, happy day!
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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World Whale Day
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Cypress trees in George L. Smith State Park, Georgia
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Grand Canyon National Park turns 105
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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World Childrens Day
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Big Bend National Park in Texas turns 81
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World Wildlife Conservation Day
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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Vancouver Coastal Sea wolves, Great Bear Rainforest, Canada
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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International Cheetah Day
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International Nurses Day
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Christmas market, St. Stephens Basilica, Budapest, Hungary
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