The sun rises through clouds as the planet Venus (dot on lower right of sun) crosses its face
The sun rises through clouds over a bridge on the East River of Manhattan, as the planet Venus (dot on lower right of sun) crosses its face, in New York in 2004. When Venus next week eclipses Earth, an event that will not occur again for more than a century, millions of skygazers may have romantic thoughts about our closest neighbour and its twilight beauty.