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Tower as palm tree Photo credit: Marianna Day Massey, Zuma Press
This cell phone tower is disguised as a palm tree.

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These are not cell towers
These are not cell phone towers. Anybody who has lived in Hawaii will recognize these towers as condos by downtown Honolulu.
Posted by drborchers (10 comments )
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Condos not Towers
Right, those are condos.
Posted by drborchers (10 comments )
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looks like they got duped
The photo appears to have come from here:
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://community.webshots.com/photo/181870109/186320276VgwnVz" target="_newWindow">http://community.webshots.com/photo/181870109/186320276VgwnVz</a>

Don't know why this photo is labeled "cell phone tower", as the only tower is obviously a building, and far too elaborate for a mere signal tower.
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Erm... Built in?
I've never even been to Hawaii, but couldnt the cell phone transmiters be hidden in (or on) the tower(s)?
Just a thought...

OR, if you notice on the bottom, the picture comes from a webshots catalog, there may be an index confusion, so its not the correct picture.
Just another thought...

=D
Posted by LFLFM (4 comments )
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cell phone towers is their name
It's called cell phone towers because they kind of look like a handheld cellphone.
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://community.webshots.com/photo/181870109/1863" target="_newWindow">http://community.webshots.com/photo/181870109/1863</a>
20276VgwnVz
Posted by c094728 (4 comments )
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The Dark Tree in Lower Left is the Tower
At least this is my guess... I have not been there and those
speaking of other items they see in the picture I am sure are
right but I don't think this picture is mislabeled or that is the
issue. If you look at the Tree that is closest to what seems like a
small utility building up front in the lower left of the picture it
looks to me like that tree is not really a tree as you can see
things in it that resemble the other pictures. Any how just my
take on it :)
Posted by W Grant (15 comments )
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Correction... Referring to Picture #8
I replied to the thread from Picture 8 and after looking back it
seems that the original Post was from the other picture... Not
sure why they have this set up to have the postings follow onto
this picture 8 page...
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Compare with Pic 1
Copy this pic to your computer. Enlarge it. You will see the same profile of the cell antenna in the Palm Tree in pic 1 in the tree to the lower left of center in front.
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Africa got this FIRST
This IS NOT NEW. I live in South Africa and have been seeing these for what? About two to three years - America doen't allways get everything first :-))
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Try more than 10 years
Having worked in one of the original Cell Phone rollout teams for Northern California 10 years ago we were doing those towers back then. Most people simply are too blind during their commute to ever notice a new fake tree erected overnight. You might be surprised to find that your local gas station or fast food joint has burried in their illuminated signs a cell phone repeater as well. And all this was out long before we started into the foray. The problem is that they are expensive to do so generally the cell phone companies prefer to not do them and put up the ugly ones instead. 10 years ago it was around $50,000 per "tree" -not sure what the going rate today would be.
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Arizona has some interesting ones
Down in Tucson (Saddlebrooke) there is one shaped like a saguaro
cactus.
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Most Innovative Cell Tower
The most innovative cell tower (not really stealthy) is in Ann Arbor. It is a modern design that does not attempt to hide the fact that it is a cell tower- see a picture at <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.steelintheair.com" target="_newWindow">http://www.steelintheair.com</a>.
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Hundreds of Cell/PCS Site Photos
The photos in this story are interesting, but for those of you who are looking for very high quality photos of many, many different types of cell and PCS sites, please feel free to visit www.KramerFirm.com/cells/

We work for governments permitting cell sites, and these photos are used by governments around the country as visual examples of what can (and in some cases, should not) be done by carriers.

-Jonathan Kramer
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This is mind control people.We can be manipulated and controlled to function at a certain frequency under the coming of the end..The New World Order...In other words it is a weapon for roundup operation EnDgAmE./..Wake Up America AND FIGHT WITH PRIDE,CAUSE,INTENT FOR ARE CHILDREN...
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