Sunglint Beams off Brazil's Rio Grande | International Space Station
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The sun's glint beams off the Rio Grande, a key tributary of the Paraná River system and a major source of hydroelectric power, in southeastern Brazil. The area is one of Brazil's most productive farming and energy-producing regions, supporting cattle ranching and the cultivation of coffee, sugarcane, and other crops.
The gleam is caused by sunglint, an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water at the same angle that one views it. The result is a mirror-like specular reflection of sunlight off the water and back at the astronaut and their camera.
Rio Grande (Portuguese for "great river") is a river in south-central Brazil. It rises in the Mantiqueira Mountains in the state of Minas Gerais and descends inland, west-northwestward. Its lower course marks a portion of the Minas Gerais-São Paulo border.
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it borders all other countries and territories on the continent except Ecuador and Chile.
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