The sunset time was 5:02 p.m., and that's when the sky lit up in a fiery deep red. It came as a delightful end to an otherwise dreary and rainy day.
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Eyewitness News was rolling on our camera in Brooklyn (looking west just to the south of Lower Manhattan) and captured the magnificent sight. Watch a timelapse we created in the video player above.
Social media also lit up with plenty of photos of the on-fire sky. Check out some of our favorites below.
Here's a stunning view of One World Trade Center with the sunset's colors behind it:
And we can't forget about the Empire State Building:
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Here's the view from the Kips Bay area in Manhattan:
Astoria, Queens, perhaps had the best look at Manhattan from afar:
Here's another look at the full skyline from a different vantage point:
The colors were just as amzing from the West Village:
Take a look at the clouds, as seen from New Jersey:
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