Forest swastika

[2] For a few weeks every year in the autumn and in the spring, the colour of the larch leaves would change, contrasting with the deep green of the pine forest.

[2] The short duration of the effect, combined with the fact that the image could only be discerned from the air and the relative scarcity of privately owned airplanes in the area, meant that the swastika went largely unnoticed after the fall of Nazi Germany.

The Brandenburg state authorities, concerned about damage to the region's image and the possibility that the area would become a pilgrimage site for National Socialist supporters, attempted to destroy the design by removing 43 of the 100 larch trees in 1995.

In September 2006, The New York Times reported on another (reversed) forest swastika in Eki Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, positioned at 41°26′53″N 76°23′28″E / 41.448°N 76.391°E / 41.448; 76.391 on the edge of the Tian Shan Mountains.

[5] A pine tree forest with the shape of the word "DVX" (Latin for duce) was planted in 1939 on Mount Giano (near Antrodoco, central Italy) to avoid landslides and is still in place.