.In this particular June 26, 2023, photo extracted from the International Spaceport station, sunshine polishes off the soft waters of the Alabama Stream in a phenomenon called sunglint. When photographing Planet, astronauts often benefit from sunglint's inclination to raise the contrast in between water surface areas and concerning land surface areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama Stream was repressed, creating Dannelly Storage tank (the large shining area at center left). Building of the dam additionally increased water levels upriver. This led to flooding at several points along the waterway. These disaster area are actually common of floodplains-- the poor, level areas right away next to bigger waterways. Within this photo, disaster area seem like off-balance, vivid shapes extending off of the river, like at Gee's Bend (center base).Text Credit: Justin Wilkinson.Photo Debt: NASA/Woody Hoburg.