.Within this June 26, 2023, picture taken from the International Space Station, direct sunlight polishes off the smooth waters of the Alabama Waterway in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When photographing The planet, rocketeers often benefit from sunglint's propensity to boost the comparison between water surface areas and surrounding property surface areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama River was actually hindered, producing Dannelly Storage tank (the huge polishing location at center left). Building of the dam likewise brought up water table upriver. This led to flooding at a number of points along the stream. These flooded zones are traditional of floodplains-- the poor, standard regions quickly next to bigger waterways. In this particular picture, disaster area appear as off-balance, brilliant designs expanding off of the stream, like at Gee's Bend (center bottom).Text Credit Scores: Justin Wilkinson.Photo Credit Scores: NASA/Woody Hoburg.