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The Rise Of Manhattenhenge Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: The Rise of Manhattanhenge is an insightful documentary that explores the incredible phenomenon of Manhattanhenge: the spectacular alignment between New York City’s street grid and the setting sun, which occurs twice each year.

Through a series of interviews with urban designers, astronomers, and the one who uncovered this phenomenon, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, viewers are granted an intimate look at how human ingenuity has crafted a way to interact with something seemingly so far beyond our understanding. The universe.
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00:00Manhattan hens. Manhattan hens. More than 200 years ago, the architects who designed Manhattan
00:06streets decided to use a grid system with avenues running north and south and streets
00:10east to west. As the earth tilts along its axis, the sun eventually is positioned in
00:16the perfect place for a sunset view on some of the city's widest streets.
00:21Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. I was always athletic my whole life.
00:27I liked math and physics. They knew that, but why don't you become a basketball player?
00:32You're big. Become a football player. No one is saying become a scientist. Science and art
00:40are both highly creative endeavors. You've heard the term. You've raised it to an art. You've
00:47got it down to a science. These are two phrases that are on opposite sides of the same coin.
00:54I just thought to myself, there's got to be some way to connect the two. Not only intellectually,
01:01but emotionally. And that's when my memories started coursing back up within me about Stonehenge.
01:10The museum, the American Museum of Natural History, started putting out press releases
01:14and slowly, more and more people come into the street. We're less than two hours away from
01:20the return of Manhattanhenge. The site always draws huge crowds. If you're heading home,
01:24be careful. What makes it a henge? You have these tall buildings. Steel and glass buildings.
01:30The most interesting sunset is when it's setting more mountains or the city scale.
01:34It is almost spiritual. I've waited 20 years to see that. I can define a scientist on very
01:42simple terms. The scientist is the adult who never lost their childhood curiosity.
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