Manhattanhenge: Thousands gather to see setting sun aligning with New York City’s east-west streets

 

Thousands of New Yorkers and tourists gathered to photograph a natural phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge. This is when the setting sun is perfectly aligned with the east-west numbered streets of New York City’s grid system. Manhattanhenge occurs twice a year either side of the summer solstice, around 28 May and 12 July. The phenomenon gets its name from the way that Stonehenge is aligned with the setting sun on the summer solstice.

The sun sets behind Times SquareMark (Kauzlarich/Reuters)
The sun sets along 42nd Street during Manhattanhenge, as seen from Hunters Point South Park in Queens (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Instagram and Twitter have been flooded with fantastic Manhattanhenge photos. IBTimes UK publishes some of the best in this gallery.

Every year thousands of worshippers with phones flock to #Manhattanhenge to pay respect to the summer solstice.

People stand in the middle of 42nd Street in Times Square to take pictures as the sun sets over Manhattan (Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)
People take photographs of the Manhattanhenge sunset from Hunters Point South Park in Queens (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

 

The Manhattanhenge sun sets along 42nd Street (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

 

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How to watch Mercury pass in front of the sun on Monday

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The transit of the planet Mercury is seen is a tiny dot on the sun disk at the bottom right, the bigger dot closer to the middle is a sunspot, pictured in Munich, Germany, 7 May 2003.

Mercury is set to pass in front of the sun on Monday, a cosmic occurrence that only happens about a dozen times per century.

Scientists will be keeping a close eye on the planet as it moves across the face of the sun from Earth’s perspective over the course of about 7.5 hours May 9, and you can check out the transit too either online or in person.

The event takes place from 7:12 a.m. to 2:42 p.m. ET, and millions of people around the world with clear skies should be able to see it using the right eye protection and magnification.

Do not look at the sun with your naked eyes, even during a planetary transit.

If you plan to watch the transit in person, get either a pair of high-powered binoculars or a backyard telescope, both with proper solar filters, to see the transit of Mercury.

But if you can’t see the transit safely in person, you can watch it happen live online thanks to multiple webcasts.

NASA will host a live broadcast from10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on NASA TV and the space agency’s Facebook page with experts on-hand to discuss the relatively rare transit. You can also watch the webcast in the window embedded below:

People can ask questions in the comments of the Facebook Live page and by using the#AskNASA hashtag on social media.

Scientists will also post photos of the transit from NASA’sSolar Dynamics Observatory, a sun-observing satellite that will keep an eye on the transit of Mercury.

Slooh, a community of astronomy enthusiasts, will also host a webcast featuring live images of the transit of Mercury fromthe Middle East, United States and a new solar telescope in the Canary Islands.

The Slooh webcast starts at 7 a.m. ET, and you can watch it directly through the organizationor in the window below:

“The Transit of Mercury reminds us that all of the planets, including Earth, are in rapid and perpetual motion,” Slooh host, Paul Cox said in a statement.

“As we gaze together at this majestic astronomical event, we will appreciate that it is similar planetary transits around other stars that have allowed us to discover a multitude of strange and exotic exoplanets.”

Sky & Telescope Magazine will also host a webcast from7 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET. You can watch it below or directly through the magazine.

Telescopes in space and on the ground will watch the transit in order to observe Mercury’s very thin atmosphere illuminated by the star’s light.

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OnePlus finally reveals the OnePlus 2, its ‘flagship killer’, starting at $329

OnePlus, the Chinese startup behind the popular OnePlus One, has finally revealed its next flagship and it doesn’t disappoint. With a refreshed set of flagship-worthy specs and a new operating system, the OnePlus 2 manages to build on all the best features of its predecessor while making significant hardware and software improvements for less than $400. Like its predecessor, it lacks a microSD option for additional storage, but has dual-SIM slots.

The new OnePlus 2 with the optional bamboo back cover.

There are five different “SwapStyle” back covers available (from left): Kevlar, bamboo, sandstone black, black apricot and rosewood.

The OnePlus 2 ships with the company’s signature “sandstone black” back cover.

The OnePlus 2 runs OxygenOS, which is based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop).

The OnePlus 2 with the $26.95rosewood back cover.

The OnePlus 2 is one of the first flagship smartphones to support the new USB Type C standard. The company’s USB cable also features a reversible design.

One of the most hyped Android phones of the year has arrived. OnePlus, the Chinese startup behind the popular OnePlus One, has finally revealed its next flagshipand it doesn’t disappoint.

With a refreshed set of flagship-worthy specs and a new operating system, the OnePlus 2 manages to build on all the best features of its predecessor while making significant hardware and software improvements for less than $400.

The company is billing the OnePlus 2 as 2016’s “flagship killer” and the specs alone certainly put the OnePlus 2 squarely at the front of the pack in terms of its Android competitors.

The 5.5-inch phone is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with options for 4GB or 3GB of RAM (for the 64GB and 16GB capacity models, respectively). Like its predecessor, it lacks a microSD option for additional storage, but has dual-SIM slots. The display is 1,920 x 1,080 resolution (full HD) and comes with a fingerprint sensor that can store up to five prints. The 13-megapixel rear-facing camera is equipped with a dual-LED flash and f/2.0 aperture; it supports 4K resolution video and a slow motion mode that shoots at 720p.

More impressive, however, is the price: The unlocked OnePlus 2 will cost $329 for the 16GB model and $389 for 64GB. By comparison, Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S6, with 64GB of storage and only 3GB of RAM, runs more than $800 without a carrier subsidy.

“Our goal is to just have enough margin to keep the company running and not make a profit,” OnePlus cofounder Carl Pei tells Mashable. “When we launch a new product, we normally make nothing selling it,” he says, adding that the company expects its margins to improve over time as it sells more devices and hardware costs go down.

For its second generation flagship, Pei says OnePlus made more than 100 changes from its first release in 2013. Most notably, the polycarbonate bezel of the original OnePlus One has been swapped for an all-metal one, which give the phone a more premium look and feel.

The OnePlus 2 ships with the company’s signature “sandstone black” back cover. The textured cover manages to strike the right balance between providing a good grip and while not feeling (or looking) cheap as is often the case with textured covers employed by other manufacturers.

The “black sandstone” back cover that ships with OnePlus 2.

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OnePlus is also selling four optional back covers: black kevlar, bamboo, rosewood and black apricot. Each cover is made with the actual materials on a polycarbonate casing and each feels and looks like it belongs on a premium flagship. The covers are easily removable and, unlike the OnePlus One, the new covers don’t have antennas embedded in them, which has helped bring the cost down to $26.99 each.

With 1,500,000 lights, this family wins at Christmas | Fabulous

Have you seen 1.5 million lights for Christmas before? 

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How many lights do you need for a real-life Christmas fairy tale? In the small Croatian town of azma, a few thousand Christmas lights would make your house stand out from the rest. Around 1.5 million lights the Salaj family does not know the exact number, though they’re sure this figure is very close hardly fit on a single house.

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Super Clear & Coolest By OneRepublic – Counting Stars

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11 things we learnt from ‘wear your band T-shirt to work day’

 

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LONDON — Once a year, digital radio station BBC 6 Music asks its listeners to wear a band T-shirt to work, and send in their photos. Using the hashtag #6MusicTShirtDay, which has been trending for much of Friday, it’s a chance to celebrate those dusty old tees at the bottom of your drawer and rediscover familiar sounds from the past.

Listeners and musicians alike jumped at the chance to show off their threads.

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34 Photos That Will Satisfy All Perfectionists


The end of this post has a peach getting peeled, and you’re going to love it.

1. Why hello there, pancake.

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2. Oh, you are square, aren’t you, watermelons?

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3. Thank you for your service, tube.

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4. Pyrite has always been the only mineral that really understands you.

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5. Look at these beans: You’re going to be OK.

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6. Let us all stop to enjoy the perfect snowball.

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DIY- Hair Chalk – Do The Fashion

 

http://www.dothefashion.com/diy-hair-chalk/All you need is a chalk of your choice, water to wet your hair, protective gloves and a flat iron. So let gets started on how to chalk your hair. Buy the hair chalk which are available in your nearby markets or you can buy them online. Read more…