New York lines up for #Manhattanhenge

Catch a perfectly aligned sunset between the grid of canyon highrises stretching across New York City this weekend.

The display, popularized as #Manhattanhenge, by noted astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson, occurs twice a year around May and July.

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Viewers can get a glimpse of the display tonight and again at 8:20 p.m. July 12 and July 13, according to the American Museum of Natural History.

"A rare and beautiful sight," Tyson writes. "For these two days, as the sun sets on the grid, half the disk sits above and half below the horizon."

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