Cellphone tower disguised as a tree along Interstate 70 just west of Denver, Colorado

[briggsjos]

We have one of those near my house. its actually a Tower for Millitary use. It basically states it on the fence post.

[zeekzilch]

@briggsjos

Interesting as I haven't seen one yet for the military - thanks for the info!

[exvswatproductions]

Stealth Monopines usually are shorter 60 feet to 150 feet tall, whereas unmasked towers are taller. They have nurseries were they build them. I watched one be assembled and later burn down because someone drove their car into it, no lie. Guess people hate them enough to do so.

[zeekzilch]

@exvswatproductions

Interesting info - thanks!

[exvswatproductions]

@zeekzilch It's due to the fact that they want them to be close to the size of the tree they are imitating, you wouldn't see a 400 foot pine, so you won't find a 400 foot monopine. I also read an article 3 years ago about new streamlined cellular towers, they look like tall twisted white structures, and can be taller than 200 feet. I still have the renderings, but the article is long gone. They are copyrighted so I can't post them without clearance, if they still exist.

[Antithropocentric]

Too bad they can't disguise 400-foot wind turbines as trees waving in the wind.

[zeekzilch]

@Antithropocentric

It's too bad we have so many different kinds of towers to begin with!

[massashad]

i thought they were all way taller than that.

[zeekzilch]

@massashad

I think cell towers are usually taller around other parts of the country. In Denver they get plenty of clearance, in some places, due to the mountain location of some units.

[lawrencevelo]

I got scared at 0:47 lol i didn't think it was that serious of a matter.

[zeekzilch]

@lawrencevelo

Yes - that sign does give one pause...

[orphan01]

There's one just north of Colorado Springs on i-25 as well

[zeekzilch]

@orphan01

I think you're referring to the one on Monument Hill...

[arjunus]

The main purpose of this disguises of cell towers is to prevent people find out that their health problems like Headache, Fatigue, Stress, Sleep disturbances, Skin symptoms like prickling, burning sensations, rashes, muscle pains and aches caused by these cell towers. And doctors are residents in vain search for the cause of these health complaints.

Doctors will never find it because the symptoms occur at cell level.

Google for "George Carlo cell level for the right information.

[mikeofborg2]

First off, nothing emitting radio frequency is radioactive. RF energy is non-ionizing radiation, where as actual radioactive radiation is ionizing, which means electrons and protons break free and hit you causing damage, which doesn't happen with RF radiation. I also don't think this is a cell tower, unless they happen to be hundreds of feet shorter in Colorado than in OH, that thing looks like it barely breaks 30 or 40 feet high. Looks more like line of sight retransmission station, not cell

[mikeofborg2]

And also, there isn't much evidence showing cell towers are a danger. The only real danger is standing right in front of the transmitter and being burned, which is what RF energy does to a person. All of us have been living in a world full of RF radiation for generations. I have been an amateur radio operator for awhile now, not much to worry about unless you reach out and grab the antenna. I'd say a lot of people worry too much about nothing.

[mikeofborg2]

even I have to do an environmental impact survey if I go over certain power on the different amateur bands. The HF spectrum has less restrictive power limits, because the radio wavelengths are so long. As you get into VHF and UHF wavelengths get measured in meters and centimeters, which are closer to the microwave portion of the spectrum. I don't think amateurs or broadcasters want to cook people standing near their transmitters. Which has nothing to do with radioactivity.

[zeekzilch]

Although I'm not a scientist it still seems to me that RF radiation, from cell phones, towers, radar, broadcast towers and other transmitters is very dangerous. I base this on the fact that we cook chickens in microwave ovens, there are warning signs all around the TV transmitters west of Denver, and the military always kept me and the other service members clear of the radar antennas' pointed direction. Better safe than sorry!

- Roger J. Wendell

WBØJNR

Golden, Colorado

[mikeofborg2]

Oh, it can be, no doubt. But it isn't going to make you glow in the dark or cause cancer as some people think. RF is non ionizing, which means it doesn't strip electrons off atoms when it hits them. Enough power and RF can cause some pretty nasty burns. I made the mistake while in the army of grabbing the antenna on a hmmwv (humvee) while someone was transmitting. I got the lettering on the antenna nameplate burned into the palm of my hand. That was 14 years ago, it never caused cancer.

[niagara2]

I want this as a christmas tree

[amazonboobs]

a radioactive lego tree.