Avatar137, I'm going to say this, and I hope you don't take it the wrong way...
No problem, trumpeter87, fire away! 
but unless I'm mistaken, that "graphical glitch" is the fog of war... which is why, when a ship gets close... it goes away...
You know, I think you may be right! It was just the shape of the thing that threw me off. I also had thought that area was completely explored already but probably wasn't. Thanks for pointing that out.
I'll get rid of that post.