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.
Having been brought up on pictures of Stonehenge, I felt a little twang of confused letdown the first time I visited Thornborough. This passes quickly though, and if you're vaguely near North Yorkshire it's well worth a visit. I've had the pleasure of camping at the base of it a few times with fire and mead which makes it all the more fun.
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)
Thanks for the summary. Irksome/Curious that the page throws up such a blanket go-away screen when I am using an iPad, which from my perspective is basically the same as a small laptop (only in the browser ofc).
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.
Having been brought up on pictures of Stonehenge, I felt a little twang of confused letdown the first time I visited Thornborough. This passes quickly though, and if you're vaguely near North Yorkshire it's well worth a visit. I've had the pleasure of camping at the base of it a few times with fire and mead which makes it all the more fun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornborough_Henges
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
Thanks for the summary. Irksome/Curious that the page throws up such a blanket go-away screen when I am using an iPad, which from my perspective is basically the same as a small laptop (only in the browser ofc).
It would be cool if you could toggle sunset/sunrise - my street slopes upward to the east and sunrise might be more interesting.