This Giant Smiley Face in Oregon Appears in The Trees in Autumn

The Pacific Northwest is home to a lot of timbered areas. You can spot huge hillsides that have been timbered and replanted, by the size and uniformity of trees. 🌲

There’s one particular hill, however, that stands happily apart from the others, literally. With an enormous orange smiley face 300-feet in diameter, this replanted area brings a dose of friendliness to anyone that sees it. 😀

When the Hampton Lumber company replanted this hillside in 2011, it did so with a mix of evergreen Douglas Fir and Larch, which have needles that turn golden and fall off in autumn.

the result is a prominent smiley face in the fall, when the Larch turn colors, and brighten the hillside.

The face should be visible for the next 30 to 50 years in the fall, until the trees are big enough for harvest.

Read more on The Oregonian.

In the wintertime, the Larch trees lose their needles and the green face tree face stands proud. Photo by @abovethenorthwest.

Photo via The Oregonian.

Photo via The Oregonian.

Here is Oregon has a quick video of the hillside smiley face.

Images Dave Killen | Credit: The Oregonian