.In this June 26, 2023, picture taken from the International Spaceport station, sunshine shines off the soft waters of the Alabama Stream in a sensation called sunglint. When capturing on film The planet, astronauts typically make the most of sunglint's inclination to boost the comparison in between water areas as well as regarding land areas.In the 1960s, the Alabama Stream was hindered, developing Dannelly Reservoir (the huge polishing region at center left). Construction of the dam additionally reared water table upriver. This led to flooding at many points along the waterway. These flooded zones are actually typical of floodplains-- the low, level places right away beside larger streams. In this particular graphic, flooded zones appear as rough, vivid designs stretching out of the waterway, like at Gee's Bend (center base).Text Debt: Justin Wilkinson.Photo Credit: NASA/Woody Hoburg.