Cell Tower . . . Tree . . . Thing
Kathy and I were driving through Albuquerque the other day and we saw this . . . object . . . on the horizon.
"What is that?" Kathy asked in bewilderment. "Is that a Norway spruce?"
No, it wasn't. It was a cell phone tower cleverly disguised as a Norway spruce.
Kudos to whoever thought to make the cell tower look like something more pleasant and natural.
But next time, could you disguise your cell tower as a piece of vegetation native to New Mexico? A ponderosa? An aspen? Something that doesn't look even more alien than a cell phone tower?
Labels: cell tower
posted by dubjay at 8:29 PM
5 Comments:
gerardrwalshWalter, these are common in SOuth Africa - disguised as palm tress, fir trees, etc. As far as I know, the designs were developed in South Africa as well.
This immediately made me think of Philip K. Dick. Have you checked the local sheep - are they real? Perhaps a Dickian future is closer than we think!
Disguised Cell Towers category on Waymarking.com
That looks just like the pair of towers on Monument Hill north of Colorado Springs. They've been there for years and years, and are full of disguise fail, because while the pines actually match, they're twenty feet taller than the surrounding trees.
My first thought was Freeman Dyson Disturbing The Universe where he talks about green VS brown technology and genetically engineered trees that double as power plants.
Post a Comment
<< Home