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New Yorkers were wowed on Wednesday by a sunset that was perfectly framed by skyscrapers, thanks to an urban astronomical phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge.
美國紐約當(dāng)?shù)刂苋恚霈F(xiàn)“曼哈頓懸日”這一城市天文現(xiàn)象:落日完美地鑲嵌在摩天大廈之間,引來紐約人驚嘆不已。
The same planetary tilt that determines the seasons also dictates exactly where the sun will go down each evening — and because of the way that Manhattan's dominant street grid is laid out, killer sunsets are potentially visible from some of the borough's best-known east-west streets in late May and mid-July.
地球自轉(zhuǎn)軸傾斜,造成季節(jié)更替,也決定了每晚太陽下落的位置。由于曼哈頓主街區(qū)的網(wǎng)格分布,每年五月下旬和七月中旬,人們可以去往該地區(qū)最的東西走向的街道,觀看令人嘆為觀止的日落美景。
Tuesday's ceremony was rained out, but the skies were clear enough on Wednesday to make for some beautiful postings on photo-sharing sites such as Instagram and Twitter, Flickr and Facebook.
由于周二下雨,懸日美景并未出現(xiàn)。但周三天氣晴朗,足以讓人們拍攝大量美照,發(fā)布在諸如推特、臉書、Instagram和Flickr等照片共享網(wǎng)站上。
New Yorkers were wowed on Wednesday by a sunset that was perfectly framed by skyscrapers, thanks to an urban astronomical phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge.
美國紐約當(dāng)?shù)刂苋恚霈F(xiàn)“曼哈頓懸日”這一城市天文現(xiàn)象:落日完美地鑲嵌在摩天大廈之間,引來紐約人驚嘆不已。
The same planetary tilt that determines the seasons also dictates exactly where the sun will go down each evening — and because of the way that Manhattan's dominant street grid is laid out, killer sunsets are potentially visible from some of the borough's best-known east-west streets in late May and mid-July.
地球自轉(zhuǎn)軸傾斜,造成季節(jié)更替,也決定了每晚太陽下落的位置。由于曼哈頓主街區(qū)的網(wǎng)格分布,每年五月下旬和七月中旬,人們可以去往該地區(qū)最的東西走向的街道,觀看令人嘆為觀止的日落美景。
Tuesday's ceremony was rained out, but the skies were clear enough on Wednesday to make for some beautiful postings on photo-sharing sites such as Instagram and Twitter, Flickr and Facebook.
由于周二下雨,懸日美景并未出現(xiàn)。但周三天氣晴朗,足以讓人們拍攝大量美照,發(fā)布在諸如推特、臉書、Instagram和Flickr等照片共享網(wǎng)站上。