So if you’re like me and you’re already acquainted with every single bit of minutia ever and it is occupying the space in your brain that is supposed to be reserved for information like your street address (which I still can not remember exactly, but I'm getting close!) then you certainly have already heard of “Manhattanhenge”.
If you haven’t, you can either read the Wiki page about it, or you can just see my bad ass description below.
So the island of Manahattan is basically laid out on a grid (with the exception of Broadway, which was build on top of a Indian hunting trail, which was originally a migratory animal path across the island). The East-West streets are all laid out at the same angle and twice a year they line up directly with the sunset. Today was one of those days.
Sadly, today was foggy. Booooooooo.
Here is a tongue-in-cheek article about what alien archeologists might be able to ascertain about us in the future when they study “Manhattanhenge”.
Big props to DKBP for sending this article over.
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