Take a look at the Road Trip Gallery for a selection of the photos from this New England jaunt.

The International Space Station transiting the Moon with Jupiter watching from the right and the Pleiades Star Cluster on the left, and Uranus visible also, as shot from a field adjacent to the Calverton Baptist Church in Midland, VA, on July 12, 2023, at 4:20 a.m. This is a composite of 39, 5-second exposures covering about 3 1/2 minutes of ISS travel.

Just about 2 weeks after Mars was in this area of the sky, Venus is seen in front of the open star cluster known as the Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe) on the night of June 13, 2023. This is a 30-second exposure shot from my neighborhood in Bristow, Virginia.

Shot from the entrance to Valley View Farm in Delaplane, Virginia, Mars is seen in front of the Beehive Cluster of stars (also known as Praesepe) on the night of June 2, 2023,. During is 2-minute exposure shot between cloud cover, a meteor showed up entering the atmosphere and brightened considerably before exiting the frame to the right..

Comprised of 85, 30-second exposures covering 45 minutes, the Intternational Space Station is seen reflecting sunlight as it rises near vertically (as opposed to the airplanes making horizontal tracks) from the horizon until disappearing into the Earth's shadow about 3 minutes later. This image was shot from the entrance of Valley View Farm in Delaplane, Virginia, on the evening of May 26, 2023. Whispy clouds moving through the sky give this an interesting additional feel of motion. Venus in the bright object in the lower left of the shot and its bright light also reflecting through the thin cloud cover.

This composite image of 56, 30-second exposures covering about 30 minutes of time, captured lots of airplanes in the northeast sky, and about 3 minutes of the Sun reflecting off of the International Space Station (the solid white line a little less than halfway up in the image) coming into the frame from the left and fading into the Earth's shadow before reaching the right side of the image. This image was shot from the dam at Thompson Lake in Markham, Virginia, on May 25, 2023. The North Star (Polaris) anchors the shot. The bright, white star on the right side of the image is Vega.

Venus and Pleiades star cluster get pretty close together on the night of April 11, 2023, as seen from the road to Stone Tower Winery in Leesburg, Virginia.

The International Space Station reflected the sunlight as it rose from the horizon and exited the frame stage left as seen from Wakefield School in The Plains, Virginia.

Also in the sky were the planets, Mercury (on the horizon), Uranus, Venus, and Mars. Several stars and clusters are also labeled.

This is a composite of 10, 30-second exposures, stabilized with an equatorial tracker, plus the ground as a separate shot.

Equal treatment for the Presidents.

The early morning sky lights up just before sunrise all around the Jefferson Memorial across the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC.

One of the annual rites of spring around here. Early morning sunrise and the glimmering cherry blossoms around the Wasshington, DC, Tidal Basin with the Washington Monument in the background.

Last one for now from the most recent west coast trip, as the crescent Moon begins to separate from Jupiter and Venus.

Just a beautiful sunset at Hermosa Beach, California, on February 23, 2023.

Typically you want to shoot the night sky away from the city lights. But when the three brightest natural night-sky objects come together over a city, it makes a nice portrait.

Here the crescent Moon reflects a bunch of Earth shine while Jupiter and Venus join overlooking Glendale, California. I shot this from the hills at the intersection of the 134 and 2 in the northwest corner of Eagle Rock.

A beautiful sunset as seen from Laguna Beach, California, on February 19, 2023.

Looks like this is the best I'm going to get of this celestial event that will not happen for another 50,000 years. This is a 63-second exposure of Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) as shot from Sky Meadows State Park in Delaplane, Virginia, on the morning of January 28, 2023.

From the top to the bottom, Jupiter, the Moon, Venus, and Saturn line up in this shot taken over Lake Ashby near Warrenton, Virginia, in the twilight hours of January 24, 2023.

Skies cleared in time to catch Venus (brightest) and Saturn (right above her) setting over and reflected in Lake Ashby near Warrenton, Virgina, in the evening twilight last night. The bright star Deneb Algedi is also easily visible to the left of Venus.

I posted this photo on my Instagram on New Years Day and touched it up a bit after. On that day I wrote, On this New Year Day, I wanted to find a shot that I hadn't worked on before that could maybe illustrate a narrative for the possibilities that 2023 could bring. So like this person in the bottom left that was looking for the incredible sunrise in Ocean City, Maryland, that didn't quite materialize, here they are now presented with another opportunity shining through the otherwise overcast sky to illuminate the water in front of them. And maybe offering other possibilities that they hadn't contemplated previously. I have no doubt that 2023 will offer each of us new opportunities and possibilities. Here's a toast to finding and grabbing the golden ones shining through the grayness.

The crescent Moon, Mercury, and Venus are captured as seen from near Stone Tower Winery in Leesburg, Virginia, about an hour after sunset on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022.

Thought I'd start the New Year with a wonderful sunset, for the old year, of course! We met some friends at Stone Tower Winery the weekend before Christmas and noticed the spectacular views to the west. Always looking for a new spot to shoot from, went back a few days later and got there in time for the sunset. By the way, great atmosphere comfortable spot, tasty wines, wonderful people there.

You don't always have to be in a pitch black spot to enjoy seeing this marvel of human ingenuity circling the Earth. On the morning of December 17, just before sunrise, the Station rose above my neighborhood in Bristow, Virginia, reflecting the early morning Sun, big and bright, and raced on past the crescent Moon. This is a composite of 71, 2-second exposures covering about 2 1/2 minutes of its flight.

On December 7, 2022, the Moon and Mars were at opposition from the Earth--meaning they were directly on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun--and as viewed from Bristow, Virginia, very close to each other. The shot was actually helped by the fact that there was a fairly heavy fog in the air that cut down on the brightness of the full Moon.

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 captures the Moon moving into the Earth's shadow from just after 4 a.m. until just prior to 5:30 a.m. as seen over Lake Ashby near Warrenton, Virginia. In the upper left corner is the star, Aldebaran and the Pleiadas star cluster is just above the Moon.

This image captures the Moon fully eclipsed just before sunrise as seen over Lake Ashby near Warrenton, Virginia.

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.

This image captures the Moon nearly fully eclipsed as seen over Lake Ashby near Warrenton, Virginia. In the upper left corner is Mars. Capella is in the upper right and the Pleiadas star cluster is just above the Moon.