{"id":268,"date":"2005-01-27T21:28:24","date_gmt":"2005-01-27T21:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/268"},"modified":"2005-01-27T21:28:24","modified_gmt":"2005-01-27T21:28:24","slug":"mithenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/268","title":{"rendered":"MIThenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<table CELLPADDING=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/268\/mithenge-yourst.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<caption align=\"bottom\"><font size=\"-1\"><center>Photo credit: Matt Yourst<\/center><\/font><\/caption>\n<\/table>\n<p>In early November &#038; late January MIT has a little local astronomical phenominon known as <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/planning\/www\/mithenge.html\">MIThenge<\/a>, when the sun shines directly down the 825-foot <em>infinite corridor<\/em> that forms the spine of main campus. This year&#8217;s convergence starts at around 4:49pm EST for the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>I always loved this little architectural Easter egg when I was a student, but according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/2003\/mithenge.html\">MIT News Office<\/a> the phenominon is likely by accident rather than design:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Historical data suggests that the solar alignment was not intended by the buildings&#8217; architects, who were more concerned with the view of the Charles River. According to a recent article in Sky &#038; Telescope magazine, the phenomenon was noticed and publicized in the 1970s by Thomas K. Norton, a research affiliate in architecture. Students at the time did some calculations as part of a class project, and posters were put up around campus advertising a &#8220;sun set celebration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<table CELLPADDING=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/268\/mithenge-yourst.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<caption align=\"bottom\"><font size=\"-1\"><center>Photo credit: Matt Yourst<\/center><\/font><\/caption>\n<\/table>\n<p>In early November &#038; late January MIT has a little local astronomical phenominon known as <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/planning\/www\/mithenge.html\">MIThenge<\/a>, when the sun shines directly down the 825-foot <em>infinite corridor<\/em> that forms the spine of main campus. This year&#8217;s convergence starts at around 4:49pm EST for the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>I always loved this little architectural Easter egg when I was a student, but according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/2003\/mithenge.html\">MIT News Office<\/a> the phenominon is likely by accident rather than design:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Historical data suggests that the solar alignment was not intended by the buildings&#8217; architects, who were more concerned with the view of the Charles River. According to a recent article in Sky &#038; Telescope magazine, the phenomenon was noticed and publicized in the 1970s by Thomas K. Norton, a research affiliate in architecture. 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