http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/e...Tse1997uw2.png

http://www.popastro.com/images/plane...ary%202012.jpg

The images tell their own story of how we see the inner planets but the eclipse marks a singular moment in time when Venus and Mercury are not restricted to dawn or twilight appearances but are see as they truly are in relation to the Sun and to the Earth.