It may look like a giant tree, but it's actually a cell tower disguised as a tree to appease township residents.  (larger image)

The township board nixed a cell tower at this location, so the cell company had to get creat- ive with their installation.  (larger image)

From this direction, it looks like "just-another- tree" in the woods, except maybe just a shade taller.  (larger image)

If you look closely, you can almost see the antennas "sprouting-out" between the branches.  (larger image)

This picture shows the com- plete tower (top to bottom).   (larger image)

In West Bloomfield, Michigan (my QTH), which is a suburb of Detroit, they don't care very much for antennas. It doesn't matter what there for, "they just don't want to see them". When a local cellular company wanted to put up another tower in a conspicuous location, township officials made them disguise the antenna so it blended-in with the surroundings. My wife says that this is the "stupidest" thing that she has ever seen. You can imagine their attitude toward "ham radio" antennas.

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