sunglint
English
Etymology
From sun + glint.
Noun
sunglint (countable and uncountable, plural sunglints)
- An optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water (an ocean, lake or river) directly towards a satellite sensor viewing the surface, so that in the sunglint area of a satellite image, smooth water appears as a silvery mirror, while rougher surface water is relatively dark.
- 2016 October 29, Eye me a river, New Scientist, Issue 3097, page 27,
- The water gets its eerie hue from sunglint, an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects directly from the water’s surface into the camera lens.
- 2016 October 29, Eye me a river, New Scientist, Issue 3097, page 27,
Anagrams
- nustling, nutlings