Spooky Time-Lapse Shows NYC Blacked Out by Sandy [VIDEO]

It's hard to describe a city in complete darkness. The towering structures that are part of your city-life moorings turn dark and ominous. It's hard to say what that feels like but, in the above video, Jared Levy sums up New York City's Superstorm Sandy blackout pointedly and with ease.

"I'm looking at something that should not be," he says. "There was this instinctual urge to go into it."

Produced in conjunction with Already Alive, the short video walks you through a silent New York City where streets were devoid of the normal foot traffic in a city that, until recently, never slept.

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