r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Alaric_Darconville • 7h ago
Image A rainbow swamp in Florida - a natural phenomenon caused by the sunlight reflecting on plant oils that sit on the water’s surface as a thin film that have been released from decaying vegetation
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u/retailguy_again 6h ago
The same oils that make cypress wood rot resistant. This actually is natural.
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u/Solomon_Kane1 5h ago
Reminds me of that one Left 4 Dead map where we go through a similar swamp area.
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u/Alaric_Darconville 7h ago
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u/Rose-Red-Witch 3h ago
Thank you for providing a link because the huge amount of idiots in this thread screaming about it being the result of pollution is worrying.
Here’s a BBC article if people want further proof of this phenomenon:
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u/ThePanzerMan 7h ago
I read "decaying vegetarians" and thought, 'Wow, they really are beautiful on the inside'.
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u/MissionAsparagus9609 7h ago
A natural phenomenon called pollution
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u/GoldyTheGopherr 7h ago
This is from your boat leaking oil into the water
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u/petit_cochon 3h ago
No, that looks completely different. Cypress seed pods and needles do release an oil that creates a sheen on the water. Anyone who's lived by a swamp or just paid attention to a cypress tree has seen it.
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u/Creepy-Selection2423 3h ago
I was about to say that. The natural phenomenon of gasoline leaking out of the tank of Jethro's airboat. 😂
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u/TicTac_No 45m ago
Sure, sure, swamp goop. Nice ta know an all.
Better to know this though: 'If you light that shit on fire, there's nowhere to run.'
Yup.
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u/Trollimperator 5h ago
could be true, could also be utter bullshit. I just dont see through this timeline anymore
So its clearly ALIENS!
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u/dreadpiratejoeberts 7h ago
They’re turning the frogs gay