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Memorable Sandy Photos, Snapped by Bystanders

  1. These striking images from late Monday night showed parts of Manhattan under water.
  2. One bystander observed that water was breaching this historic carousel in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, located in Zone A.
  3. In other parts of Brooklyn and Queens, observers posted their photos of the flooding.
  4. #stormwsj LIC Gantry underwater and flooded into the street. Cars underwater on most of the streets. http://pic.twitter.com/UK6kqHLk
  5. In New Jersey, Hoboken residents had power outages as its streets filled up with water.
  6. A Gawker Media employee shared this photo of cars floating in a garage in Manhattan's Financial District.
  7. OMG. Just took this photo of cars floating in the submerged parking garage at the South end of Stone Street. http://pic.twitter.com/30G4qs3L
  8. In lower Manhattan, readers snapped photos of a rare sight: a dark New York City. This photo was shared more than 5,000 times.
  9. All of NYC now in darkness except for the Empire State Building. #Sandy http://pic.twitter.com/DfLZ33UG
  10. #stormwsj This one is quite creepy... UN lights and everything south of Empire State Building out. http://pic.twitter.com/uY86YL6Y
  11. Meanwhile, WSJ Social Media Editor Rubina Fillion shared a photo from Midtown Manhattan. Times Square lights were still on, but there were far fewer people to see them.
  12. Times Square ads are still flashing, but there are few spectators to see them. #sandy #stormwsj instagr.am/p/RYuYrVlJMC/

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