.In this particular June 26, 2023, image extracted from the International Spaceport station, sunlight polishes off the hassle-free waters of the Alabama Waterway in a phenomenon called sunglint. When capturing Planet, astronauts frequently make the most of sunglint's tendency to increase the comparison between water surfaces and neighboring property areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama Waterway was actually slowed, producing Dannelly Reservoir (the big polishing location at facility left). Building and construction of the dam likewise increased water levels upriver. This resulted in flooding at a number of points along the waterway. These disaster area are actually regular of floodplains-- the poor, level regions quickly beside bigger streams. In this particular picture, disaster area appear as off-balance, brilliant forms extending away from the stream, like at Gee's Bend (center base).Text Debt: Justin Wilkinson.Graphic Credit Report: NASA/Woody Hoburg.