[BenLurkin]

The orbit of Venus is between that of Earth and the SUn. TYhat is why it crosses over teh Sun's disk when viewed from earth.

This illustrates the relative positions of the planets:

This is just kind acool. Obviously the planets are not all jumbled up like this:

[BenLurkin]

Oops, forgot the old spell checker:

The orbit of Venus is between that of Earth and the Sun. That is why it crosses over the Sun's disk when viewed from earth.