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Jupiter
Washington Square Fountain
📍 The stone rim of the fountain basin. The arch is behind you to the north, which is the shot worth taking.
At true scale: 1 ft 9 in (52.3 cm) across
About this place
One foot nine inches across, and 1.65 miles from a seventeen-foot Sun. Jupiter is the largest thing you will see all day and the first stop that was a walk rather than a stroll — it also outweighs every other planet on this list combined, twice over.
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Straight up Fifth Avenue, or west to the Hudson and north along the greenway if you would rather have the water. Either way about forty minutes to Bryant Park.
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