About 10 years ago I was working in Manhattan and I was walking down 42nd towards the train station after work. I looked off towards the sunset and thought "Wow, it's setting right between all the buildings." Then I looked the other way and saw dozens of people taking photos. I had accidentally seen Manhattanhenge and probably ruined a few photos.
The funny thing is that Stonehenge isn't strictly speaking a henge. A henge is an earthwork with a ditch inside a banked earth wall. There might or might not be stones inside the the earthwork.
On mobile there's no info other than "please visit from a desktop/laptop computer", so for anyone else not near one:
> Finds when the sun aligns with your street for a perfect sunset view (like Manhattanhenge).
> * Enter an address to check for alignment with the sunset (or more specifically, alignment a little before sunset, the last moment the sun is at 50˚)
> * Shows street bearing and sun alignment information
> * Displays coordinates and next henge date (if there is one)
About 10 years ago I was working in Manhattan and I was walking down 42nd towards the train station after work. I looked off towards the sunset and thought "Wow, it's setting right between all the buildings." Then I looked the other way and saw dozens of people taking photos. I had accidentally seen Manhattanhenge and probably ruined a few photos.
The funny thing is that Stonehenge isn't strictly speaking a henge. A henge is an earthwork with a ditch inside a banked earth wall. There might or might not be stones inside the the earthwork.
On mobile there's no info other than "please visit from a desktop/laptop computer", so for anyone else not near one:
> Finds when the sun aligns with your street for a perfect sunset view (like Manhattanhenge).
> * Enter an address to check for alignment with the sunset (or more specifically, alignment a little before sunset, the last moment the sun is at 50˚)
> * Shows street bearing and sun alignment information
> * Displays coordinates and next henge date (if there is one)
https://github.com/vritvo/henge_finder
It would be cool if you could toggle sunset/sunrise - my street slopes upward to the east and sunrise might be more interesting.