My stay in North America is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing left to do! So today I once again wandered through the streets of New York, visited tourist attractions, looked at some of the art that is hidden throughout the city – and was then treated to two very photogenic thunderstorms.
The day started with a visit to the former US aircraft carrier “Entrepit” – which is now used as a museum. It’s exhibits include the well-known SR-71 Blackbird – the world’s fastest airplane, reaching over 3,300km/h and incredible altitudes. You can also take a look inside the ship itself. We had to wait for nearly an hour to be able to enter, and although the temperature again reached nearly 40°C there wasn’t any shade provided to the people waiting. Anyway – it was a nice visit.
Walking through the streets and using the subway in New York you will see quite a lot of (street)art – and today was no exception. Here are two examples of what I mean:
It was clear to me since several days that today would be the greatest chance for thunderstorms to happen during my entire stay in the US – and so I was quite pissed to find out that I had just missed the first thunderstorms while in the subway, and was only able to see the back side of it. But I got a couple good photos anyway – especially as a pileus started to form over one of the cloud towers.
The next stop on the program for today was the “high line park”. The high line was a train line kind of similar to that still used in Chicago and the subway in parts of Berlin – so it was built on a bridge over the road and was used as public transport. Meanwhile the original high line has been closed, but the bridge has been re-used and is now a park; the high line park. It’s a really neat concept actually, and kind of like a green oasis in the middle of the city.
Well, the weather decided to be kind to me in the end anyway – although most other people weren’t very happy about it. Another severe thunderstorm formed to the west of NYC and moved right over us with a very nice shelf cloud at the leading edge. What a nice ending to the day.
