Photo of the Day

Crowd gathered to watch a sunset in New York City
November 18, 2011

Manhattan Solstice

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Celebrating a "Manhattan Solstice"—when Manhattan's street grid lines up with the setting sun—in front of the American Museum of Natural History. On this day, New York City's vast edifice becomes "Manhattanhenge‚" dedicated to sun worship!

(This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot. Have a great shot of a city? Send it to us, tag it "cities," and check back to see if it’s selected for publication in the March 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine.)


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Photograph by Robinson McClellan, Your Shot

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