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data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The Infinite Corridor is the main pedestrian thoroughfare at MIT (February 2006)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIT_infinite_corridor_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/MIT_infinite_corridor_01.jpg/220px-MIT_infinite_corridor_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/MIT_infinite_corridor_01.jpg/330px-MIT_infinite_corridor_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/MIT_infinite_corridor_01.jpg/440px-MIT_infinite_corridor_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Empty Infinite Corridor during <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> lockdown (March 2021)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Infinite Corridor</b><sup id="cite_ref-Hapgood_1-0" 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Named <a href="#MIThenge">MIThenge</a>, the event is celebrated by students, faculty, and staff.<sup id="cite_ref-Coyle1998_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coyle1998-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significance">Significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIT_infinite_corridor_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/MIT_infinite_corridor_02.jpg/170px-MIT_infinite_corridor_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/MIT_infinite_corridor_02.jpg/255px-MIT_infinite_corridor_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/MIT_infinite_corridor_02.jpg/340px-MIT_infinite_corridor_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Glass-enclosed historic displays</figcaption></figure> <p>The corridor is important not only because it links major MIT buildings, but also because it serves as the most direct indoor route between the east and west ends of the campus. The corridor was designed as the central spine of the original set of MIT buildings designed by <a href="/wiki/William_W._Bosworth" title="William W. Bosworth">William W. Bosworth</a> in 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Infinite Corridor is slightly longer than that of the University Hall building at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Lethbridge" title="University of Lethbridge">University of Lethbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberta, Canada">Alberta, Canada</a>, which measures 800 feet (240 m) long.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is, however, significantly shorter than the so called "K-Straße" (K-street) in the Rost-/Silberlaube building of the <a href="/wiki/Free_University_of_Berlin" title="Free University of Berlin">Free University of Berlin</a>, which measures about 320 metres (1,050 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="the existing citation may prove the length of that corridor, but not that it’s notable or known under this name (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etiquette">Etiquette</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etiquette"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Infinite-corridor-bboard.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Infinite-corridor-bboard.jpeg/220px-Infinite-corridor-bboard.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Infinite-corridor-bboard.jpeg/330px-Infinite-corridor-bboard.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Infinite-corridor-bboard.jpeg/440px-Infinite-corridor-bboard.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Unenclosed bulletin boards rapidly accumulate many posters</figcaption></figure> <p>On occasion, students in the Transport Lab of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) have studied foot traffic in the Infinite Corridor, as a safer, more accessible model of <a href="/wiki/Traffic" title="Traffic">highway traffic</a>. In 1997, one student report made the following observations about the informal rules that seem to apply to Infinite Corridor traffic:<sup id="cite_ref-CentralArtery_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CentralArtery-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>The rules of the road for the Infinite Corridor include: stay to the right, limit group size, pass on the left, form a line at bottlenecks, don't stop/slow down, no tailgating, traffic within corridor has right of way, no physical contact and no eye contact. </p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hacks">Hacks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because the heavy pedestrian traffic in the Infinite Corridor guarantees a large audience, it is a setting for some "<a href="/wiki/Hacks_at_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology">hacks</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Practical_joke" title="Practical joke">practical jokes</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-HackLobby7_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HackLobby7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially those of a serial nature such as a series of "<a href="/wiki/Burma_Shave" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Shave">Burma Shave</a>" style signs. The "Mass Toolpike" hack in 1985 involved placing traffic signals, lane markings, and highway-like signs along the length of the Infinite Corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-Toolpike_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toolpike-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools' Day</a> post from the Alumni Association blog <i>Slice of MIT</i> suggested that the corridor floor would be replaced with a self-powering <a href="/wiki/Moving_walkway" title="Moving walkway">moving walkway</a> made of <a href="/wiki/Piezoelectric" class="mw-redirect" title="Piezoelectric">piezoelectric</a> tiles.<sup id="cite_ref-ZeroFootprints_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZeroFootprints-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entrance">Entrance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Entrance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An outside grand stairway leads up from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Avenue_(Cambridge)" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge)">Massachusetts Avenue</a> to Lobby 7, the main entrance to the Infinite Corridor. This location is often called "77 MassAve", an abbreviation of its official street address; the street itself forms the western boundary of the main or central campus. The MIT Student Center (Building W20) is located directly across the street, at 84 Massachusetts Avenue. </p><p>Nearby bus stops serve <a href="/wiki/MBTA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBTA">MBTA</a> buses from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Square" title="Harvard Square">Harvard Square</a>, and from <a href="/wiki/Back_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Back Bay">Back Bay</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Bridge" title="Harvard Bridge">Harvard Bridge</a>, as well as various <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_bus" title="Shuttle bus">shuttle buses</a>. <a href="/wiki/Food_truck" title="Food truck">Food vendor trucks</a> often park in designated spaces near the entrance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lobby_7">Lobby 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lobby 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIT_Lobby_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MIT_Lobby_7.jpg/170px-MIT_Lobby_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MIT_Lobby_7.jpg/255px-MIT_Lobby_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MIT_Lobby_7.jpg/340px-MIT_Lobby_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2549" data-file-height="3858" /></a><figcaption>MIT Lobby 7, viewed looking up at the interior of the Little Dome</figcaption></figure> <p>Lobby 7, so named because of its location in Building 7 (formally named the <b>Rogers Building</b>), is a large 100-foot (30 m) vertical space open all the way up to the interior of the <b>Little Dome</b>. A carved inscription<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> circles the space just below the base of the Little Dome. Four empty pedestals occupy the corners of the square lobby; they were originally intended for large <a href="/wiki/Sculpture#North_America" title="Sculpture">Neoclassical figural sculptures</a>, but are instead often occupied by students studying, or occasionally playing live music. The Infinite Corridor begins straight ahead through the lobby, on the opposite side from the street. </p><p>During the 1970s, two large pillars flanking the entrance to the Infinite Corridor were partially wrapped in paper and used by the liberal "Alternative Advertising" and somewhat less liberal "Pillar Productions" where students would scrawl responses to issues of the day such as nuclear power or whether <a href="/wiki/Disco_Sucks" class="mw-redirect" title="Disco Sucks">disco sucked</a>. A display of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> art was once withdrawn after vandalism in the lobby.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Lobby 7 is frequently used for formally scheduled or impromptu concerts, as well as dance performances. Occasionally, "<a href="/wiki/Performance_art" title="Performance art">performance art</a>" hacks or <a href="/wiki/Installation_art" title="Installation art">installation art</a> hacks are sited in Lobby 7. Banners advertising campus events are often hung from the upper levels of Lobby 7, including the occasional hack banner such as "Don't let the Grinch steal your Christmas" (in reference to complaints about the campus <a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Christmas tree</a>). The cavernous interior space of Lobby 7 is frequently the site of hacks that require a large volume of unobstructed indoor space.<sup id="cite_ref-HackLobby7_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HackLobby7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memorial_Lobby_(Lobby_10)"><span id="Memorial_Lobby_.28Lobby_10.29"></span>Memorial Lobby (Lobby 10)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Memorial Lobby (Lobby 10)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A two-story atrium space at the half-way point of the corridor, informally known as <b>Lobby 10</b>, is part of the <b>MacLaurin Buildings</b> in Building 10, underneath the <b>Great Dome</b>. In this space, it is quite common to find several booths or tables advertising upcoming events, or students engaged in other public activities and demonstrations, such as <a href="/wiki/Juggling" title="Juggling">juggling</a> or dancing. Often, there are fund-raising activities, such as selling <a href="/wiki/Used_books" class="mw-redirect" title="Used books">used books</a>, tickets for shows or concerts, artworks made in the MIT GlassLab or Student Art Association, or <a href="/wiki/Chinese_bakery_products" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese bakery products">Chinese pastries</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Snack" title="Snack">snacks</a>. </p><p>On November 18, 2013 a formal dedication ceremony was held to rename the space <b>Memorial Lobby</b>. The <a href="/wiki/Travertine" title="Travertine">travertine</a> walls bear the engraved names of <a href="/wiki/MIT_alumni" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT alumni">MIT alumni</a> who died in each of several wars, and these inscriptions have been <a href="/wiki/Gilding" title="Gilding">re-gilded</a> to make them more readable.<sup id="cite_ref-Chandler_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chandler-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Different_levels">Different levels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Different levels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Infinite Corridor has five levels: the basement, and floors 1 through 4. Elevators in Lobby 7 and in Lobby 10 provide access to each floor, as do numerous stairways. The elevators in Lobby 10 also provide access to the Barker Engineering Library, via the 5th floor. In accordance with its US location, MIT buildings usually use the American <a href="/wiki/Floor_numbering" class="mw-redirect" title="Floor numbering">floor numbering</a> scheme. </p><p>The first floor (called the "ground floor" by some) is the most traveled level, and is often the only one referred to as <i>the</i> Infinite Corridor. It is most of a floor above ground level at Massachusetts Avenue (the west end, Building 7), and in areas is a full floor up, with a <a href="/wiki/Parking_lot" title="Parking lot">parking lot</a> entrance passing underneath (this entrance crosses the basement-level corridor at grade between Buildings 7 and 3). At its east end in Building 8, it is also about half a floor up. The Basement Infinite Corridor mirrors the first floor passage, but connects to the extensive below-grade system of tunnels connecting many buildings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Displays">Displays</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Displays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIT_infinite_corridor_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/MIT_infinite_corridor_04.jpg/220px-MIT_infinite_corridor_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/MIT_infinite_corridor_04.jpg/330px-MIT_infinite_corridor_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/MIT_infinite_corridor_04.jpg/440px-MIT_infinite_corridor_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Glass-walled labs adjacent to the Infinite Corridor, showcasing recent faculty and student publications</figcaption></figure> <p>The walls lining the Infinite Corridor were painted stark "Institute Gray" with black doorway trim until Spring 1970, when a number of wall murals appeared. With two notable exceptions, the paintings were soon replaced by <a href="/wiki/Bulletin_boards" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulletin boards">bulletin boards</a> and enclosed display cases which remained largely unchanged for several decades. A Summer 2010 renovation installed more-durable boards, and more clearly marked many portions of them as reserved for exclusive use by one specified student activity or another. </p><p>The Cashier's Office wall was painted as a giant <a href="/wiki/United_States_one-dollar_bill" title="United States one-dollar bill">dollar bill</a> for over 25 years (and was itself the subject of a number of non-destructive hacks).<sup id="cite_ref-10KHack_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10KHack-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mural was eventually removed and replaced with a glass wall when the space behind it was converted to a community lounge.<sup id="cite_ref-TeardropHack_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeardropHack-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A picture of the old wall mural is etched into the glass, as a historical marker. The oldest remaining wall mural (near the former location of the Admissions Office) is an early-1970s style colorful painting of a "multicultural" group of people walking quickly, painted by Andrea H. Pritchard, wife of Physics Professor David E. Pritchard.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Having survived many renovations and repaintings of the Infinite Corridor, the mural now is a carefully preserved relic of that era. </p><p>Some adjacent laboratories, notably those of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE, Course 3), now have floor-to-ceiling glass walls and large posters or display cases explaining some of their research activities and course offerings. This is a natural result of the DMSE's facilities location surrounding the eastern end of the Infinite Corridor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MIT's_Infinite_Solar_System_model"><span id="MIT.27s_Infinite_Solar_System_model"></span>MIT's Infinite Solar System model</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: MIT's Infinite Solar System model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, MIT professor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Binzel" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Binzel">Richard Binzel</a> installed a 1:30,000,000,000 ratio <a href="/wiki/Solar_System_model" title="Solar System model">Solar System model</a> along 200 m of the Infinite Corridor at the third floor level. Each full-color plaque shows the to-scale size of a planet, along with an enlarged image and some basic data.<sup id="cite_ref-InfSolar_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InfSolar-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Binzel_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Binzel-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Keller_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keller-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the scale of the model, the <a href="/wiki/Speed_of_light" title="Speed of light">speed of light</a> reduces to 1 cm/s, so that by walking normally, a viewer can attain <a href="/wiki/Warp_speed" class="mw-redirect" title="Warp speed">warp speed</a>, exceeding the cosmic speed limit.<sup id="cite_ref-InfSolar_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InfSolar-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Binzel_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Binzel-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to a printed brochure, a free online self-guided tour is available.<sup id="cite_ref-InfSolar_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InfSolar-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MIThenge">MIThenge<span class="anchor" id="MIThenge"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: MIThenge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2019MIThenge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/2019MIThenge.jpg/220px-2019MIThenge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/2019MIThenge.jpg/330px-2019MIThenge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/2019MIThenge.jpg/440px-2019MIThenge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4682" data-file-height="3272" /></a><figcaption>Observers awaiting MIThenge, November 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>On several days each year, the Sun sets in alignment with the Infinite Corridor and shines along its entire length. This is known as "MIThenge", a reference to <a href="/wiki/Archaeoastronomy_and_Stonehenge" title="Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge">Stonehenge's alignment with the Sun</a> (although the type of alignment bears a closer relationship with that of <a href="/wiki/Newgrange" title="Newgrange">Newgrange</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maeshowe" title="Maeshowe">Maeshowe</a> in that the sunlight passes through the mass of the buildings rather than through the standing stones of Stonehenge). These alignments occur on several days around January 31 and November 11. The phenomenon was spotted, calculated, and popularized in 1975–76 according to a <i>Sky and Telescope</i> article;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the naming convention follows that coined for <i><a href="/wiki/Manhattanhenge" title="Manhattanhenge">Manhattanhenge</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A less-known alignment with the Moon also occurs, but it is more subtle and more difficult to observe.<sup id="cite_ref-Eliasen_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eliasen-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although it occurs in alignment with the corridor during the summertime months, the sunrise cannot be observed then, due to visual obstructions at the eastern end of the Infinite Corridor. </p><p>A campus newspaper, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tech_(newspaper)" title="The Tech (newspaper)">The Tech</a></i>, has published <a href="/wiki/Etiquette" title="Etiquette">etiquette</a> and viewing suggestions for first-time observers.<sup id="cite_ref-Hawkinson_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hawkinson-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several online videos offer different perspectives on the phenomenon and on the observers.<sup id="cite_ref-Falk_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Falk-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Elemental_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elemental-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="title"><div>MIThenge January 2022</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MIThenge1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Unobstructed view"><img alt="MIThenge January 2022, unobstructed" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/MIThenge1.jpg/151px-MIThenge1.jpg" decoding="async" width="151" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/MIThenge1.jpg/227px-MIThenge1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/MIThenge1.jpg/303px-MIThenge1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1563" data-file-height="1859" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Unobstructed view</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MIThenge2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Crowded corridor"><img alt="MIThenge January 2022, crowded corridor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/MIThenge2.jpg/139px-MIThenge2.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/MIThenge2.jpg/209px-MIThenge2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/MIThenge2.jpg/278px-MIThenge2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1810" data-file-height="2341" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Crowded corridor</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demonstrations">Demonstrations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Demonstrations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1960s, a common Technology Day demonstration used the unobstructed length of the corridor to demonstrate the <a href="/wiki/Speed_of_light" title="Speed of light">speed of light</a> in a simple, direct way. A <a href="/wiki/Strobe_light" title="Strobe light">strobe light</a>, <a href="/wiki/Photocell" class="mw-redirect" title="Photocell">photocell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oscilloscope" title="Oscilloscope">oscilloscope</a> were positioned at one end of the corridor, and a mirror at the other. The round-trip time is about 1.67 microseconds. The photocell picked up both the direct and reflected flashes. The flash duration being well under a microsecond, the result was two nicely separated pulses on the oscilloscope screen, which could be measured to compute the speed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Infinite_Corridor&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Science fiction author <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a>, who taught writing at MIT for decades, discusses the Infinite Corridor in his 2007 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Accidental_Time_Machine" title="The Accidental Time Machine">The Accidental Time Machine</a></i>. </p><p>The 2022 video game <i><a href="/wiki/Shadows_Over_Loathing" title="Shadows Over Loathing">Shadows Over Loathing</a></i> features a school called SIT (Seaside Institute of Technology) which is clearly a <a href="/wiki/Parody" title="Parody">parody</a> of MIT. 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