NOVA scienceNOW | Manhattanhenge | PBS

Perched over 42nd Street, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson is eager to show you how his hometown has its own version of a Stonehenge magic moment. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online.

This video podcast was produced by Lexi Krock and Anna Lee Strachan. Video editing by Alex Kreuter and Steve Mack. Major funding for NOVA is provided by Google. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Kavli Foundation.

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[filthpunkdammit]

exactly which two days of the year does this occur??

[PBS]

The two dates are May 28 and July 11.

We've just posted a new link in this video's description, which, if you click on it, will give you more information about this event.

[unlending]

LOL. even a stopped watch is right twice a day.

[bdf2718]

Wow! May 28 and July 11. Everyone knows those are the day Tutankhamun was circumsised and got laid, respectively. Obviously the wise ancients who laid out the streets of Manhattan wished to commemorate those two days.

Oh, it wasn't Tutankhamun? Never mind, I'll keep on looking until I find something that fits.

[t0ki]

For such a special day they didn't film it with a special camera. 240p? FoH.

[KrisELIZES]

In New York,

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,

there's nothing you can't do.

Now you're in New York,

These streets will make you feel brand new,

the lights will inspire you.

Lets hear it for New York, New York, New York!!!!

[plottotakethemdown]

sweet

[unlending]

This implies that the builders of NYC were 'druids'. Hmmmm

[pomeranianzdad]

There is no place quite like NYC.

[dingorex]

Do you believe in nothingness,infinity,eternity,­scientific truths,mathematical truths,concepts like triangularity,freedom of speech?? I've never seen any of these yet I believe these immaterial concepts exist--they are not embodied in any one material body yet they exist,,something to think about.....

[filthpunkdammit]

thank you so much for responding!! im totally going to check this out on july 11!