English Dictionary

sunglint

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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.

日本語の意味

水面に太陽光が反射し、衛星センサーに直接捉えられることで、滑らかな水面が銀色の鏡のように輝く一方で、波打つ水面が相対的に暗く映る光学現象

The satellite image clearly showed a bright patch of sunglint over the calm bay, where smooth water reflected sunlight like a silver mirror.

衛星画像には、穏やかな湾の上に太陽光の鏡面反射がはっきりと写っており、滑らかな水面は銀色の鏡のように見えた。

意味（1）

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.

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.

sunglints （ plural ）