Once On The Edge

Photographer

Yuanfeng Mao

Category

Architecture Photography - Building

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2025

Country / Region:

United States

At 8:17 PM on October 19th, 2024, an almost full waxing moon rose behind The Edge Observation Deck—a cantilevered sky platform 1,100 feet above Manhattan. Planned to the second, this rare alignment—visible for only minutes—revealed the platform glowing with light, silhouetting visitors suspended between city and sky.

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