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Street toy merchant,Union Square area, circa 1903 Photo from the Library of Congress.
NYC artist’s photos of unknowing subjects raise privacy concerns
(Photo: Bebeto Matthews / AP)
To the well-known photographer who shot them with a telephoto lens, the pictures of people going about their daily lives in the building across the street constitute art.
Photos of the Mesmerizing Sun Halo that Appeared Over New York Yesterday
Early yesterday, residents of New York and the surrounding area were privy to a really amazing celestial treat; it’s called a Sun Halo, and one spent some time today hovering over the greatest city on Earth and making people wonder if Martians were finally invading.
Fortunately (or not, depending on how you feel about it), there were no Martians, just a cool and somewhat rare phenomenon that had people and photographers turning cameras to the sky all day. One such photographer was Richard Silver, who was kind enough to shoot us an e-mail and offer to let us display the photos he had taken.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with meteorology, aHalo is a type of optical phenomenon that can happen around the sun or moon. It’s also referred to as a 22-degree halo because it forms a ring exactly 22-degrees from the sun.
In order for a Sun Halo to happen, a thin veil of high-level clouds has to put some hexagonal ice crystals at exactly right spot. Once they’re in place, these particles refract light twice (on the way in and way out) bending the light approximately 22-degrees from its intended path and producing a ring of light around the sun that goes from red (~21.54°) on the inside to blue (~22.37°) on the outside.
If you want to see more Sun (or Moon) Halo pictures, feel free to Google “New York Sun Halo” and you’ll wind up with plenty of options. Several people even took videos of the phenomenon, with varying levels of “double rainbow” amazement included.
Robin Holland.
This photo was taken back when Battery Park City was still a beach.
Photos: At the Village Voice’s Choice Streets Event
On Tuesday night the Village Voice held its second annual Choice Streets event, where dozens of New York City’s food trucks set up shop on Pier 86 of the Intrepid Air and Space Museum. Those in attendance were treated to a wide variety of food, from vendors like Coolhaus, Phil’s Steaks, The French Quarter, Miami Food Machine and many more. Plus, there were some very, very nice views, captured here by photographer Robert Caputo.
NYCLU Victory Preserves Right to Walk Around Without ID, Take Photos on NYC Subway | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) - American Civil Liberties Union of New York State
A federal judge has ruled that a New York City Transit Authority rule requiring people using the city’s transit system to carry ID is unconstitutional. The decision is a victory for the New York Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit in November, 2011 defending the public’s right to take photographs in the subway system without fear of being arrested or having to show identification to police.
“This decision is a victory for the freedom of people to walk around free from showing their papers, a core American right,” said NYCLU Staff Attorney Mariko Hirose. “It’s past time for the NYPD to learn about the Constitution and stop harassing and even arresting people for exercising their basic rights.”
(Source: bobbycaputo)
Amazing camera obscura projections of Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park, by Abelardo Morrell.
Photo Gallery: World Trade Center nears completion
Crane operators hoist the final pieces of the spire atop One World Trade Center in New York.
