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Famous Nights · 7 August 1974
The night they strung a wire between the Twin Towers
«There is no why»
The small hours of 7 August 1974. On two dark rooftops, Philippe Petit's crew fires a fishing line across the void and rigs a cable. At dawn he steps out onto it. This was the sky over the artistic crime of the century. Every star in its true position. What's your night?
New York, USA · 7 August 1974 · 00:30 local · 40.7128° N · 74.0060° W
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The short film
Eight seconds over New York.
The era scene is an AI reconstruction. The sky above it is not — every star is computed from astronomical data for 7 August 1974, 00:30 local time.
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