Who are they kidding?

[cats4ever]

A few years ago, a cell tower, "disguised" as a tree, went up, not too far from where I'm living.
Really? It's sticking out like a sore thumb, and it's called a "monopine".
I appreciate the effort, but couldn't they have made it just a little more realistic?

https://www.journalnow.com/news/loca...3012c5d7d.html

[Vette]

Im getting such mixed vibes from this about what kind of tree its trying to be as it looks like its trying to impersonate a pine tree but it looks off in the shape an coloring of the needles an the branch lengths are too short or something as well. that said however i think the tree part of it might look real if viewed from distance except for the metal bits up top

[Karen]

Hey, it looks better than just a plain pole with stuff stuck to it, and it contains plenty of bird perching area - I approve!

There's one in Wellesley, Massachusetts - or maybe Weston - right on the Mass Pike. When it first went up I think it has 4-6 branches, and we all thought, "Really? That's all you are gonna add? Everntually they added the rest, and while it does not look "real" up close, it blends in with the trees around itself from a distance.

[mon]

I wanna see a picture of it. I can't really see it in my minds eye.

[phesina]

It doesn't exactly look like a real tree blending in with the others around it, but with the "branches" allowing for bird-perching, that's much better than the straight-up poles.

I'm surprised no one in Ann Arbor .. a.k.a. "Tree-Town" ..has come up with doing that yet!

[Karen]