It depends what you are trying to convey. There are definitely reasons to choose the positioning from present past in left-to-right. In this example, you see w

It depends what you are trying to convey. There are definitely reasons to choose the positioning from present past in left-to-right. In this example, you see what it is now, and you are SHOCKED when you see it used to have skiers on it. The shock should actually be less the more time is considered, if you had it from past to present.