.In this particular June 26, 2023, photograph extracted from the International Spaceport station, sun light shines off the hassle-free waters of the Alabama River in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When capturing Earth, rocketeers frequently make the most of sunglint's propensity to raise the contrast between water surface areas and surrounding property surfaces.In the 1960s, the Alabama Waterway was clogged, developing Dannelly Storage tank (the sizable polishing location at facility left). Building and construction of the dam additionally brought up water table upriver. This resulted in flooding at several aspects along the river. These disaster area are typical of floodplains-- the low, flat regions quickly next to bigger rivers. In this graphic, flooded zones look like off-balance, bright designs prolonging out of the waterway, like at Gee's Bend (facility bottom).Text Credit Rating: Justin Wilkinson.Graphic Credit Rating: NASA/Woody Hoburg.