Memorial Day #3

On Memorial Day, after dinner, I drove up to Memorial Park which overlooks Long Island Sound.  There is an ongoing conjunction of three planets which I wanted to try and see.  This is a great park for viewing astronomical events, because it is high above the water and you can see all the way to the distant horizon.  I did manage to see Venus, Jupiter and Mercury together through the thin clouds.  As I was leaving I was looking around, because that's what I do, and I noticed the bright yellow color of the leaves on these trees against the dark blue sky.  The leaves look yellow, because they are lit with mercury vapor lights, which is very red light. Then I noticed the flag was at half staff, and there was my picture.