A panoramic view of last night's incoming storm

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Photo by Dan Celio via Facebook.

A little sky before it rained a lot late this afternoon

A view from East Seventh Street via EVG reader Elle Sturm...

Night and day East Village skyline

[Photo by Grant Shaffer]


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

A view of the East Village (and more) from atop the World Trade Center in 1978

Earlier this morning, we posted the photo (via Time magazine) of the neighborhood from atop of the One World Trade Center ...



East Village resident Felton Davis just shared this ... a scan from one of several hundred Kodachome slides from the World Trade Center Observation Deck from the 1970s (this particular shot is circa 1978)... showing the neighborhood (and more) from a similar angle...



Also, as a bonus, here's a photo at sunset showing the shadow of the Twin Towers extending all the way across the East River and into Williamsburg...

What can YOU see?

You made have seen this feature yesterday when it was making the rounds... Time magazine has this mind-boggling (depending on when you are looking at it) photograph from the top of the One World Trade Center.

Gothamist had some info from the news release about how Time got this panoramic shot:

[T]he magazine worked with Gigapan "to build a rotating camera that could withstand the conditions atop the tower. An eight-month process of design and construction resulted in a 13- foot-long aluminum jib that would attach to the base of the spire, and serve as a rotating arm for the camera. Over five hours of shooting, the camera produced nearly 600 images that were then stitched together digitally into a single massive ­image of everything the eye can see in all directions. Users can zoom in and out of the panoramic photo to take in the entire city."

EVG friend Pinhead zoomed toward our part of the city ...



Per Pinhead: "Shades of the old Shorpy's Con Ed pic."

Indeed!

From 1913...

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Speaking of views...

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The latest photo from EVG contributor jdx ... looking north along Avenue A... with the trees of Tompkins Square Park on the right... and with Midtown disappearing in the distance.

In the fog

Photo by Bobby Williams

We keep posting photos of the sky

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This is actually from yesterday morning ... via Bobby Williams.

That early-morning sky

Photo by Nick Solares.

Once more with feeling

Thanks to @EliJGay for sharing this shot this evening from East Ninth Street...

Early this evening in cloud coverage

Photos by Bobby Williams

Tonight's thunderstorm in action

From tonight's storm... looking northeast toward the East Village and Brooklyn..

Via EVG reader Ariel E. ... Taken with 8-20 seconds exposure with Panasonic G3, through the closed window...

The golden age...

Photo by Bobby Williams

Evening rush

Photo by Nick Solares.

Thank you and good night

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Last caw

A crow on East 10th Street near Avenue D... photo by Bobby Williams...

A view of the Village View

High contrasts by EVG contributor jdx

Tonight

Wow. What a night. (There's even a free movie in the Park!) A view from the East Village this evening by Sally Davies.

End of day

Photo by Bobby Williams

What the hell was that?

We waited to post these photos until we spoke with NASA, NORAD, the U.S. Military and the World Weekly News.

Bobby Williams took these photos from his East Village apartment last night. Here is his description via email: "This flew by about 9:38 pm. Heading north then turning east."

Aside from anything related to the Hoboken Hoof or Amanda Bynes (just getting those guesses out of the way!), any ideas what this is/was?