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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 29 May 2015

    Cross streets lit by sunset’s fiery light, rendering our urban canyons aglow. Behold #Manhattanhengehttp://bit.ly/1wrJZDi 

    10:52 AM - 29 May 2015
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      1. Map/‏ @vtcraghead 29 May 2015
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        .@neiltyson @andrewxhill made a companion map for finding the lesser-henge-days as well: http://nychenge.com/ pic.twitter.com/5oTz18LM47

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      1. J.B. Taylor‏ @JBTaylor42 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson You are the man.

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      1. Bernard Kelly‏ @beanykelly 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson ... blinding drivers and endangering pedestrians, as in days of yore.

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      2. John Maksuta‏ @JohnMaksuta 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson In a few thousand years future man will say they built NYC to track the motion of the sun and the stars. #NYCCalendar

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      3. Peaceandpoetry‏ @PoeticNora 29 May 2015
        Replying to @JohnMaksuta

        @JohnMaksuta @neiltyson Yes! And that we worshiped the temples with the Golden Arches #McDonalds

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      1. noel_pinero‏ @noel_pinero 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson Met you back in the day when I brought my shelter kids to the planetarium. You delighted them and I will never forget! Noel BX

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      1. Ken‏ @junk_kc 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson thousands of years from now I am sure we will be assumed to have been much smarter than we are with our strategic building align.

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      2. Umberto‏ @UmbertoGuadelou 30 May 2015
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        @neiltyson Neil : does #RG15 #Manhattanhenge also work at dawn looking east? Focus seems to be on sunset only

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      3. Cyndi‏ @CyndiCaBu 11 Jul 2015
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        @UmbertoGuadelou I have the same question. Did you look for it in June?

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      4. Umberto‏ @UmbertoGuadelou 11 Jul 2015
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        @CyndiCaBu I live in San Diego but I would think so, taking into consideration slowing of rotation of earth and leap second (joke)

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      5. Cyndi‏ @CyndiCaBu 11 Jul 2015
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        @UmbertoGuadelou My mobility is temporarily limited otherwise I'd go check, but Wikipedia disagrees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhenge …

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      6. Umberto‏ @UmbertoGuadelou 12 Jul 2015
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        @CyndiCaBu you did not read the Wikipedia entry

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      1. iamlinda ⌘‏ @pica2pixel 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson Behold indeed! Wish I could be there for #Manhattanhenge

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      1. enigma4ever  🌹‏ @watergatesummer 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson left work early did not know Manhattanhenge is tonight- when is the next one ? June or July ?

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      1. Caroline Boyce‏ @SweetCMB 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson This is awesome!

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      1. Lost Viking Witch‏ @SignyTheSage 29 May 2015
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        .@neiltyson "Americans worshipped war and baseball" Yeah pretty much!

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      1. Pamela Gomez‏ @pamelamgomez 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson thank you :)

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      1. Jessica Bowers‏ @MsFader 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson does it also happen at sunrise on those days? Or different days?

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      1. Mean N‏ @The_Mean_N 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson Fluent in spoken magic

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      2. Messenger‏ @allprolawn1975 29 May 2015
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        @neiltyson How did Annunaki know that gold was inert material that could augment an atmosphere & block cosmic rays #particlephysics

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      3. Messenger‏ @allprolawn1975 29 May 2015
        Replying to @allprolawn1975

        @neiltyson Checkmate.

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