A Chemical Reaction
So, what happens to a leaf if it spends days in the pool? All of its colors completely disappears, leaving it transparent! We’re guessing this is the result of the powerful chemicals that are used to shock pools. It a chemical reaction similar to the way chlorine can turn your hair green.
It’s pretty crazy to see a leaf that is totally clear! We’ve definitely never seen anything like it in nature before. It turns out that mixing together something natural (the leaf) and something unnatural (pool chemicals) can create something totally unexpected and new, like this completely clear leaf.