.Within this June 26, 2023, photograph drawn from the International Space Station, sun light polishes off the hassle-free waters of the Alabama Stream in a sensation known as sunglint. When photographing Earth, astronauts frequently benefit from sunglint's possibility to increase the contrast between water surface areas and regarding property surface areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama River was slowed, developing Dannelly Tank (the big polishing location at center left). Building and construction of the dam additionally brought up water levels upriver. This caused flooding at numerous factors along the stream. These flooded zones are actually typical of floodplains-- the low, level places immediately alongside bigger waterways. In this image, flooded zones appear as rough, intense shapes expanding off of the river, like at Gee's Bend (facility bottom).Text Credit: Justin Wilkinson.Picture Credit Report: NASA/Woody Hoburg.