Editing Infinite Corridor (section)

==MIThenge{{anchor|MIThenge}}==
[[File:2019MIThenge.jpg|thumb|left|Observers awaiting MIThenge, November 2019]]
On several days each year, the Sun sets in alignment with the Infinite Corridor and shines along its entire length. This is known as "MIThenge", a reference to [[Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge|Stonehenge's alignment with the Sun]] (although the type of alignment bears a closer relationship with that of [[Newgrange]] and [[Maeshowe]] in that the sunlight passes through the mass of the buildings rather than through the standing stones of Stonehenge). These alignments occur on several days around January 31 and November 11. The phenomenon was spotted, calculated, and popularized in 1975–76 according to a ''Sky and Telescope'' article;<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldman |first=Stuart J. |date=January 27, 2011 |title=Sun Worship in Cambridge |url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/114745194.html |work=Sky & Telescope |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202095801/http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/114745194.html |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref> the naming convention follows that coined for ''[[Manhattanhenge]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iezzi |first1=Teressa |title=How Neil deGrasse Tyson Discovered Manhattanhenge |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3046868/how-neil-degrasse-tyson-discovered-manhattanhenge |date=May 29, 2015 |newspaper=[[Fast Company]] }}</ref> 

A less-known alignment with the Moon also occurs, but it is more subtle and more difficult to observe.<ref name=Eliasen>{{cite web|last=Eliasen|first=Alan|title=MIThenge|url=https://futureboy.us/mithenge/|work=Alan Eliasen – Things I Made From Yarn|publisher=Alan Eliasen|access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> Although it occurs in alignment with the corridor during the summertime months, the sunrise cannot be observed then, due to visual obstructions at the eastern end of the Infinite Corridor.

A campus newspaper, ''[[The Tech (newspaper)|The Tech]]'', has published [[etiquette]] and viewing suggestions for first-time observers.<ref name=Hawkinson>{{cite news|last=Hawkinson|first=John A.|title=MIThenge is Fast Approaching Predictions for 2009–2010|url=http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/mithenge.html|access-date=2014-05-16|newspaper=The Tech|date=November 6, 2009}}</ref> Several online videos offer different perspectives on the phenomenon and on the observers.<ref name=Falk>{{cite web|last=Falk|first=Dan|title=MIT-henge|url=http://video.mit.edu/watch/mit-henge-11404/|work=MIT Video|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref><ref name=Elemental>{{cite web |title=Elemental MIT: MIThenge |url=http://mit150.mit.edu/multimedia/mithenge|work=MIT+150 |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|access-date=2014-05-16| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120629/http://mit150.mit.edu/multimedia/mithenge |archive-date=2014-05-17}}</ref>

{{gallery|title=MIThenge January 2022 
|File:MIThenge1.jpg|alt1=MIThenge January 2022, unobstructed|Unobstructed view
|File:MIThenge2.jpg|alt2=MIThenge January 2022, crowded corridor|Crowded corridor
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