.Within this June 26, 2023, picture taken from the International Spaceport station, sunlight polishes off the smooth waters of the Alabama River in a sensation known as sunglint. When capturing Planet, rocketeers typically benefit from sunglint's possibility to improve the contrast in between water surface areas and also surrounding land areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama Waterway was actually repressed, producing Dannelly Reservoir (the large polishing location at facility left). Building of the dam additionally brought up water levels upriver. This resulted in flooding at numerous points along the stream. These flooded zones are regular of floodplains-- the low, level places instantly close to much larger waterways. Within this image, flooded zones appear as off-balance, vivid designs stretching away from the stream, like at Gee's Bend (facility bottom).Text Debt: Justin Wilkinson.Graphic Credit Report: NASA/Woody Hoburg.