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Rainbow swamp: The flooded forest in Virginia that puts on a magical light show every winter

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Virginia 's "rainbow swamp" is flooded forest whose waters take on a magical, multicolored sheen in winter .

Under certain lighting conditions, the swamp turns into a giant, luminous rainbow.

The rainbow effect results from leaf decay in the swamp during fall and winter .