Just a few times during the year guests and residents of New York can observe an unusual and vivid natural phenomenon - Manhattanhenge. On such days, the sun's rays rise and fall right between the high-rises of Manhattan during the dawn and sunset.
In the photo: people who came to one of the streets of Manhattan to admire the unusual phenomenon.
To see the Manhattanhenge, you need to know in advance the date and the exact time when the sun will be in a certain position. As a rule, a beautiful picture of the sun setting over the horizon between the high-rises of Manhattan can be admired on May 29 at about eight in the evening, July 11 and 12, and in winter, December 5 and January 8, the most famous star, on the contrary, rises between the buildings.
In the photo: Manhattanhenge, New York, July 12, 2016.
The unusual term "Manhattanhenge" was coined several years ago. The word came from the name of the English construction of Stonehenge (an ancient complex of earthen and stone structures supposedly being a space observatory).
In the photo: one of the most colorful sunsets in New York, July 12, 2016.
In the photo: fans of an unusual phenomenon make photos for memory, New York, July 12, 2016.
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