.In this June 26, 2023, photo taken from the International Spaceport station, sun light polishes off the smooth waters of the Alabama River in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When capturing on film Earth, astronauts commonly benefit from sunglint's tendency to enhance the comparison in between water surface areas and concerning property surfaces.In the 1960s, the Alabama Waterway was dammed, creating Dannelly Storage tank (the big polishing location at facility left). Construction of the dam likewise reared water table upriver. This led to flooding at many aspects along the stream. These disaster area are common of flood plains-- the poor, standard regions promptly close to bigger waterways. Within this picture, disaster area look like irregular, intense designs expanding away from the stream, like at Gee's Bend (center base).Text Credit: Justin Wilkinson.Picture Credit: NASA/Woody Hoburg.