Manhattanhenge....almost

Last night, around 8:15pm, as Heather and I were walking home from dinner at Houston's on the east side, we thought we had lucked out and walked right into New York's biannual "Manhattanhenge."



It's one of only two times each year when the sun sets in exact alignment with Manhattan's street grid, lighting up every cross-street for the last fifteen minutes of the day.

New York is so cool.

Well, according to Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (People Magazine's "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" and resident genius at the Hayden Planetarium) this year's Manhattanhenge is scheduled for:

Friday, July 11 - 8:24pm EDT
Saturday, July 12 - 8:25pm EDT

Stay tuned!