elimergel.com » Pictures http://elimergel.com Consultant and Photographer Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:12:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Manhattanhenge http://elimergel.com/manhattanhenge-2/ http://elimergel.com/manhattanhenge-2/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:21:41 +0000 Eli Mergel http://elimergel.com/?p=338 Manhattanhenge (sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice) is a semiannual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east–west streets of the main street grid in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices. It was [...]]]> Manhattanhenge (sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice) is a semiannual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east–west streets of the main street grid in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. 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.

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]]> http://elimergel.com/manhattanhenge-2/feed/ 0 Brooklyn Bridge Park looking at Manhattan http://elimergel.com/brooklyn-bridge-park-looking-at-manhattan/ http://elimergel.com/brooklyn-bridge-park-looking-at-manhattan/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:24:35 +0000 Eli Mergel http://elimergel.com/?p=290 Tonight I wanted to get this shot. I had scoped it out quite a few times, and after 20 different takes trying to miss all the tugboat light streaks, and helicopter light trails i think this one is a keeper. Its funny because this was the last shot I took.

See it [...]]]> Tonight I wanted to get this shot. I had scoped it out quite a few times, and after 20 different takes trying to miss all the tugboat light streaks, and helicopter light trails i think this one is a keeper. Its funny because this was the last shot I took.

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