.Within this June 26, 2023, photo derived from the International Space Station, sunshine polishes off the hassle-free waters of the Alabama Waterway in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When photographing Planet, rocketeers typically take advantage of sunglint's possibility to boost the comparison in between water areas as well as concerning land surface areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama Stream was actually clogged, producing Dannelly Tank (the large polishing location at center left). Building and construction of the dam likewise brought up water levels upriver. This led to flooding at numerous factors along the stream. These flooded zones are actually traditional of flood plains-- the poor, flat places immediately close to much larger waterways. In this image, flooded zones seem like off-balance, bright forms extending far from the river, like at Gee's Bend (facility bottom).Text Credit: Justin Wilkinson.Photo Credit: NASA/Woody Hoburg.