Space

Sunglint on the Alabama Stream

.In this June 26, 2023, picture derived from the International Space Station, sunshine shines off the hassle-free waters of the Alabama Waterway in a sensation known as sunglint. When capturing on film The planet, rocketeers typically make use of sunglint's possibility to boost the contrast between water surface areas as well as neighboring property surface areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama Stream was actually hindered, producing Dannelly Tank (the huge shining place at facility left). Development of the dam also brought up water levels upriver. This led to flooding at a number of factors along the waterway. These disaster area are regular of floodplains-- the poor, standard locations immediately beside larger streams. In this particular graphic, disaster area appear as uneven, bright forms expanding off of the river, like at Gee's Bend (facility base).Text Credit History: Justin Wilkinson.Graphic Credit Report: NASA/Woody Hoburg.