NGCHunter, that's a really nice diagram showing how Venus would look in a geocentric solar system. I'd like to hear MM's rebuttal to your photo. I hope he can do better than claiming we are all part of a conspiracy. After all, anyone with a cheapie K-Mart telescope ( I used to have one as a kid) can verify your photo.
Edited to add: I loved that telescope, not matter what
Charlie Babbitt said about K-Mart.