.In this particular June 26, 2023, image drawn from the International Spaceport station, sunshine shines off the hassle-free waters of the Alabama River in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When capturing The planet, astronauts usually make use of sunglint's tendency to raise the contrast between water surfaces and also regarding property surfaces.In the 1960s, the Alabama River was actually dammed, creating Dannelly Tank (the large polishing place at center left). Building and construction of the dam likewise reared water table upriver. This caused flooding at several factors along the river. These flooded zones are traditional of floodplains-- the poor, flat locations quickly close to bigger waterways. In this particular graphic, flooded zones seem like rough, vivid shapes prolonging away from the stream, like at Gee's Bend (center base).Text Credit: Justin Wilkinson.Photo Credit Rating: NASA/Woody Hoburg.