.In this particular June 26, 2023, picture taken from the International Space Station, direct sunlight shines off the smooth waters of the Alabama Waterway in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When capturing Planet, astronauts commonly capitalize on sunglint's inclination to enhance the comparison between water surfaces as well as neighboring property surfaces.In the 1960s, the Alabama Stream was obstructed, producing Dannelly Reservoir (the huge shining location at facility left). Development of the dam also brought up water levels upriver. This led to flooding at numerous points along the stream. These disaster area are actually common of floodplains-- the poor, flat places right away next to larger streams. In this particular image, flooded zones seem like irregular, intense shapes extending away from the stream, like at Gee's Bend (facility bottom).Text Credit Score: Justin Wilkinson.Graphic Credit History: NASA/Woody Hoburg.