Original sentence: The relative positions of the Earth and Venus could not have been anticipated, owing to the altered timeline of the mission, and so this discovery consitutes proof that these photographs actually were recorded from the surface of the Moon.Though stars would not normally be visible to the naked eye during daylight, whether from the Earth, the Moon, or on orbit, the planet Venus (which is much brighter thatn any of the stars) was actually recorded on film by astronaut Alan Shepard at the conclusion of his second extravehicular activity, during the Apollo 14 mission
Edited sentence: The relative positions of the Earth and Venus could not possibly have been anticipated, owing to the altered timeline of the mission, and so this fortuituous discovery consitutes incontrovertible proof that these photographs actually were recorded from the surface of the Moon.Though stars would not normally be visible to the naked eye during daylight, whether from the Earth, the Moon, or on orbit, the planet Venus was actually recorded on film by astronaut Alan Shepard at the conclusion of his second extravehicular activity, during the Apollo 14 mission