Space

Sunglint on the Alabama Waterway

.In this June 26, 2023, picture extracted from the International Spaceport station, sun light polishes off the soft waters of the Alabama Stream in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When photographing The planet, astronauts commonly capitalize on sunglint's possibility to raise the comparison in between water surfaces and concerning property surface areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama Waterway was clogged, creating Dannelly Storage tank (the large shining place at facility left). Construction of the dam likewise raised water levels upriver. This resulted in flooding at a number of points along the stream. These flooded zones are regular of floodplains-- the poor, standard places promptly alongside larger waterways. In this particular photo, disaster area look like off-balance, vivid forms prolonging off of the river, like at Gee's Bend (center base).Text Credit Report: Justin Wilkinson.Picture Debt: NASA/Woody Hoburg.