Originally posted by Australiana
Ummm... I think the op is referring to the red sphere next to the moon on the left hand side.
There is no sphere. There is a very grainy, slightly purplish/pinkish smear that might somewhat resemble a half-circle, and it looks like a cloud.
The approximate center of the object gives an RGB color code of 124, 126, 177 in Photoshop, and similar tones are distributed throughout the right and
lower portions of the photo, where they are obviously parts of clouds.
In case you're wondering, I'm referring to this:
Also, my question stands.
Can you think of any circumstance under which a planet,
so close to Earth as to be visible in daylight, would pass unnoticed and without
leaving any trace of gravitational disturbance?
The OP apparently doesn't have an answer. Do you?