Shot from the Miller Road Park Pier on Lake Erie near Cleveland, Ohio, on a windy October 2, 2022, evening the International Space Station is seen cruising over the NRG Energy Power Plant before disappearing in the Earth's shadow as it approaches Jupiter. This is a composite of 7, 20-second exposures covering a little more than 2 minutes.

The International Space Station is captured rising from the horizon to the west of Lake Ashby near Warrenton, Virginia, on December 4, 2022. This is a composite of 12, 20-second shots covering about 4 minutes of travel time until it disappears in the Earth's shadow and to the left of the bright star, Vega. This was the second appearance of the Station on this evening. You can see the first sighting on my Instagram account @raytolomeophotography.

This composite image image captures about a minute of the International Space Station coming out of the Earth's shadow, moving past Mars, and proceeding out of the frame as the Moon nears its full eclipse as seen over Lake Ashby near Warrenton, Virginia.

Shot from the Miller Road Park Pier on Lake Erie near Cleveland, Ohio, on a windy October 2, 2022, evening the International Space Station is seen cruising over the NRG Energy Power Plant before disappearing in the Earth's shadow as it approaches Jupiter. This is a composite of 7, 20-second exposures covering a little more than 2 minutes.

The International Space Station is seen moving from left to right crossing the northern sky just below the Big Dipper before disappearing behind the terrain in Joshua Tree National Park in California on September 18, 2022. This is a composite of 9, 30 second exposures covering about 4 1/2 minutes of its travel across the sky.

Took me some time to get this one to work out the way I thought it should be, but.... Four and a half minutes of the ISS trek across the eastern skyline from right to left. This image is comprised of 18, 15-sec exposures as seen from Centreville Sod farm in Bristow, VA, at about 10 pm. The nearly full Moon is just out of the frame to the right and Manassas Airport is to the left brightening the sky.

Looking to the southeast from the entrance to Sky Meadows State Park in Delaplane, Va., I captured the last 4 minutes of the Station as it passed near the constellation Orion (click here for a labeled version of the image) on its way to the horizon and completed a 10-minute trek across the sky that started from the northwest. This image is a composite of 12, 20-second exposures.

I captured the Station on its half second transits across the nearly full Moon in this 4 image composite as seen from Hanover Courthouse Park, VA.

On a 4 minute trek rising from the south-west horizon, the International Space Station as seen moving right to left from Parkgate Drive in Nokesville, Va. This 14 image composite captures it passing by Venus (lighting up the cloud in the bottom right), Saturn (in the cloud, Center), and Jupiter (brightest object) before disappearing in the Earth's shadow. The clouds and ground were being illuminated by the nearly full Moon that was out of the image to the left.

Rising out of the southwestern horizon, passing through the eastern most stars of Libra and just to the west of the claws of Scorpious, and exiting overhead to the east, this is a composite of 6 shots covering a span of about 3 minutes as viewed from Hazelwood Drive in Nokesville, Va.

Rising from beyond the horizon to the west-northwest, passing over Mars (the first bright object to the lower left of its trek) and Regulus (the brightest object very close to the trek about 2/3 up), reflecting more sunlight and heading to the south as viewed from the dam at Lake Ashby near Warrenton, VA. This is a composite image covering about 4 minutes before the Station moves out of view and disappears into the Earth's shadow.

Shot just after sunset while looking to the east from behind The Nokesville School in Nokesville, VA. This is a composite of 5, 30-second shots as the Station makes its trek from the northwest, passing over the bright star, Vega, in the center of the image and fading over the horizon approaching the binary star system 72 Ophiuchi. I think the moving clouds added a nice dimension to the scene.

So, it was a little bit of a trek in the middle of the night and into the early morning to a very comfortable parking spot at Horst Farm Market in East Earl, PA, but there is not another Station transit of the Moon "nearby" for at least the next month. And with the Station at a relatively close distance of 480 km above the ground, I thought it was worth it. See what you think. Total transit time was less than .7 seconds, so very happy that I got five shots from which to compose this image.

Looking to the south from Hazelwood Dr in Nokesville, Va, with the constellation Orion in the upper left corner of the frame, the Station enters from the right and concludes its trek across the early night sky, disappearing into the Earth's shadow. This is a composite of five images, totaling about the last 2 minutes of the Stations lighted trek.

Shot looking to the east from The Nokesville School just after sunset, last 2 1/2 minutes of its 6+ min trek across the sky. Enters the frame at the top just below the constellation Taurus, flies over the top of Orion, and exits between the heads of Gemini.

Shot in the early morning from my favorite spot on Hazelwood Dr., Nokesville, this is a composite photo comprising about 2 minutes of the Station's trek toward the southern horizon and the Moon, with the red giant star, Arcturus, at the top of the image.

Rising out of the southeast and heading toward the northeast just before sunrise, the Station caught and reflected a bright glint of sunlight on its trek. This 75 second composite was shot from Hazelwood Dr in Nokesville, VA. The star, Spica, is in the upper left corner of the frame.

Crossing a busy sky as viewed Hazelwood Dr, Nokesville, VA. This is a composite totaling 100 seconds of the Station's trek from west to east (right to left) looking to the south. Hope the labeling on this one helps.

A beautiful clear evening, shooting from a very comfortable spot at the pavilion of Baltimore County Cox's Point Park, and the Station "only" 475 km away, resulted in this composite image.

Rising out of the southwest and transiting nearly vertical across the sky disappearing into the Earth's shadow to the north east, this shot from the graveyard of Oak Dale Church in Greenwich, VA, is the last 1'15" of its visible trek.

Taken from behind The Nokesville School, this early morning composite shot covering 2 1/2 minutes of the Station moving from left to right aiming for Mercury that was just rising above the horizon.

Shot in the god-awful early morning on what happened to be the 20th anniversary of humans continuously occupying the Station, the shots comprising this image were taken from Shiloh Baptist Church near Williamsburg, Va. Total transit time across the Moon was about half a second.

This is a 2-minute exposure as the Station races past the Big Dipper toward the horizon and approaching sunrise. Shot from Sowego Rd near Catelett, Va.

This 1 1/2 minute composite was taken about 8 pm from Sowego Rd, Catlett, VA. The wildly bright Station was moving from west to east (right to left) as it raced above Jupiter and Saturn.

This 1 1/2 minute composite was taken from the Wakefield School in The Plains, VA. The Station was moving from west to east across the southern sky, appearing to disappear into the Milky Way. Jupiter and Saturn "watching" from the other side of the divide.

My first attempt at capturing the Station transiting the Moon. This was shot from the Mall in Washington, DC. One of the images that make up this composite was chosen as an Editor's Choice in the Aviation Week and Space Technology 2020 photo context.