A spectacular drone show will be visible from New York for free next month
Just a few days before a total solar eclipse is scheduled to grace the skies above New York on April 8, General Electric Company (GE) will celebrate its own history by launching 1,000 drones from the New Jersey waterfront, producing a beautiful show of lights visible from the west side of Manhattan.
On April 1 at 9pm, 1,000 drones that took five months to create will depart Weehawken Waterfront Park in Hoboken, New Jersey and reach a height that is 100 feet over the Statue of Liberty, spanning a total of 500 feet—which is the equivalent of a football field and a half.
According to an official press release, the best areas to catch the celestial event from Manhattan are:
– Near Pier 84: Between 42nd–47th Streets and 11th–12th Avenues
– Near Pier 66: Between 25th–29th Streets and 11th–12th Avenues
– Near The High Line: Between 19th–24th Streets on 10th Avenue
As for why GE is hosting the happening: the company, one of the longest-standing on the New York Stock Exchange, is celebrating its, per press release, “transformation into three independent public companies:” GE Aerospace, GE Vernova and GE Healthcare. That’s a cause worth commemorating, right?
In case you happen to miss the drone show, worry not: the total solar eclipse that’s set to take place just a week later might actually become one of the most stupendous celestial occurrences in recent memory.
May we suggest you book one of these local campsites to take in the eclipse in all of its glory when the time comes?