A method for displaying information on a display device associated with an aircraft, the method comprising: displaying, on the display device, a synthetic perspective view of terrain corresponding to a viewing region proximate the current location of the aircraft that corresponds to a forward looking cockpit view from the aircraft; obtaining image data for an imaging region proximate the aircraft from a camera oriented to capture real-time imagery corresponding to a forward looking cockpit view of the imaging region; identifying a first portion and a second portion of the image data based on a current attitude of the aircraft determined by a navigation system onboard the aircraft and the orientation of the imaging device with respect to the aircraft, the first portion corresponding to a portion of the image data below an attitude reference and the second portion corresponding to a portion of the image data above the attitude reference; determining visually distinguishable characteristics to be used in displaying the first and second portions of the image data, the visually distinguishable characteristics being different colors, different hues, different tints, different levels of transparency, translucency, opacity, contrast, brightness, different shading and/or texturing; displaying below the attitude reference on the display device, a graphical representation of a first portion of the image data overlying the synthetic perspective view of terrain using a first visually distinguishable characteristic; and displaying above the attitude reference line on the display device, a graphical representation of a second portion of the image data overlying the synthetic perspective view of terrain using a second visually distinguishable characteristic, wherein the first portion is visually distinguishable from the second portion. displaying, on the display device, a synthetic perspective view of terrain corresponding to a viewing region proximate the current location of the aircraft that corresponds to a forward looking cockpit view from the aircraft; obtaining image data for an imaging region proximate the aircraft from a camera oriented to capture real-time imagery corresponding to a forward looking cockpit view of the imaging region; identifying a first portion and a second portion of the image data based on a current attitude of the aircraft determined by a navigation system onboard the aircraft and the orientation of the imaging device with respect to the aircraft, the first portion corresponding to a portion of the image data below an attitude reference and the second portion corresponding to a portion of the image data above the attitude reference; determining visually distinguishable characteristics to be used in displaying the first and second portions of the image data, the visually distinguishable characteristics being different colors, different hues, different tints, different levels of transparency, translucency, opacity, contrast, brightness, different shading and/or texturing; displaying below the attitude reference on the display device, a graphical representation of a first portion of the image data overlying the synthetic perspective view of terrain using a first visually distinguishable characteristic; and displaying above the attitude reference line on the display device, a graphical representation of a second portion of the image data overlying the synthetic perspective view of terrain using a second visually distinguishable characteristic, wherein the first portion is visually distinguishable from the second portion.