Cloud Formations and Sunglint over Italy Seen from the ISS

This astronaut photograph shows the Calabria region of southern Italy?the toe of Italy?s ?boot??outlined by the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas to the southeast and northwest respectively.
The water surfaces present a mirror-like appearance due to sunglint. This phenomenon is caused by sunlight reflecting off the water surface directly back towards the astronaut observer on board [...]