wyliepoon
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Came across this interesting phenomenon on today's Flickr Blog...
I wonder if this effect can be done with Toronto's skyline. Since only (long and straight) east-west streets can produce this effect, potential candidates could include King, Wellington, Richmond, or Bloor.
Perhaps we can also discuss here about whether any of Toronto's buildings have astronomical effects built into them.
Manhattanhenge
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manhattanhenge (sometimes referred to as Manhattan Solstice) is a biannual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan's main street grid. The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices. It was coined in 2002 by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History. It applies to those streets that follow the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which laid out a grid offset 28.9 degrees from true east-west.
At sunset, a traveler along one of the north-south avenues on the West Side looking east can observe the phenomenon indirectly, being struck by the reflected light of the many windows which are aligned with the grid. An observer on the East Side can look west and see the Sun shining down a canyon-like street.
The dates of Manhattanhenge are usually May 28 and July 12 or July 13 (spaced evenly around Summer Solstice). The two corresponding mornings of sunrise right on the center lines of the Manhattan grid are approximately December 5 and January 8 (spaced evenly around Winter Solstice).[1] As with the solstices and equinoxes, the dates vary somewhat from year to year.
Looking west along 42nd Street at 8:23 p.m. on July 13, 2006. This photo shows the sun lined up with the center line of 42nd Street. It actually set slightly to the right. It set on the center line on July 12.
I wonder if this effect can be done with Toronto's skyline. Since only (long and straight) east-west streets can produce this effect, potential candidates could include King, Wellington, Richmond, or Bloor.
Perhaps we can also discuss here about whether any of Toronto's buildings have astronomical effects built into them.
