Skies Over the Appalachians
I is for Intrusive....as in the aesthetic ridgeline of the mountains was mared by the intrusive cell tower.
Always on the lookout for a potential Skywatch post, I stopped to take this photo of the mountains against the sky as I returned Tuesday from the visit to my daughter's. The cell tower was definitely out of character among the mountain ridges of the idyllic landscape. As you can see I managed to point my camera at an angle as to keep the tower out of the first photo. I wanted to share the second photo showing the contrast of what has always been with what our scenic views are becoming. The continued proliferation of cell towers seems destined to mar our most scenic areas. Our modern day wireless communication makes it necessary; but at what cost?
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It is a beautiful place and your photos are so great:)
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I was just there waiting to see Carletta's link for our usual SKY WATCH surprise!
ReplyDeleteAnd you did it well ... I loved this fantastic view.
Your photos make me long for a trip to Tennessee to see some of those same scenes.
ReplyDeleteMkaes me miss my home... Alabama
ReplyDeleteCell towers are a bummer. The ones that look like fake trees because they are fake trees are just as bad (though they do look silly along the highway). Nevertheless, your view on the other side of that thing is just spectacular.
ReplyDeleteLove these photos!
ReplyDeleteWell done Carletta for high lighting this, it is happening all over the world and views are being spoiled..
ReplyDeletegreat Sky Watch post
Carletta: What a nice pair of pictures and Willy singing. How can you go wrong.
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos of a beautiful sky
ReplyDeleteHmmm, that cell tower looks odd but the sky is really great!!! So never mind the tower, enjoy the sky! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteOh how I love the Blue Ridge Mountains ... even with cell towers, lol. Fantastic shots and great post! Thank you, Carletta!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent photo of a magnificent landscape
ReplyDeletebeautiful images, excellent.
ReplyDeleteCell towers and nature. And the future?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful taken.
Great sky photo!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful scene - so different from our skyline... and you write concerning a good point. Oh, so true and I agree - at what price?
ReplyDeleteGreat sky
ReplyDeleteMy Sky watch from Belvoir Castle Grounds are now up.
Lovely Sky watch. :)
ReplyDeleteIda
And I was just about to say, "My, my! What a lovely cell tower; good thing the mountains don't block your view!" ;-)
ReplyDeleteso pretty~ peaceful and calming
ReplyDeleteVery nice shots. Beautiful place:)
ReplyDeleteLove your mountain pics, but you're so right about the intrusiveness of cell towers and such. I see no answer though.
ReplyDeleteThe landscape is majestic in spite of the towers!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scenery Carletta! It's a shame about those towers - some day we won't be able to have a good view of anything without some technological thing in the way. Great captures.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that frustrating!
ReplyDeletePretty place, though.
And nice shot.
Nina at Nature Remains
At what coast, is a good question. Not just our view is getting messed up. There is no such thing as privacy. Our phone can -- and does -- follow us everywhere. As does the internet, television (I rarely turn mine on), ads, etc.
ReplyDeleteWe recently went three days without electricity, and except for the stress over frozen foods, it was nice. We read. We played cribbage. We talked and laughed. We were almost sad when the electricity came back on.
Beautiful sky watch
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat views - and isn't it a pity that so often there is a tower, or a pylon or strung wires right in the middle of what you want to shoot.
beautiful shot
ReplyDeletethanks for drop at my swf
beautiful and peace view
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That could well be the Outback, Carletta!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely comment on my Sky Watch post.
Beautiful photo!
ReplyDeleteFantastic entry for SWF! Happy weekend! Hope to see you in my corner too..
ReplyDeleteThat's a tiny cell tower. They're usually so much bigger up here in Connecticut. The pictures still represent how beautiful those mountains are.
ReplyDeleteI love your music too!
Hi Carletta, I've been missing you. Ah, cell phone towers. I'm afraid they're here to stay. It appears that most people I see today are addicted. Come by for a visit anytime. P.S. Aren't grandbabies great?
ReplyDeleteGosh, that is gorgeous with the hill in the forefront with a touch of green.... so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by, I appreciate it.
Great view and we will try to ignore the intrusion. (grrr). MB
ReplyDeleteI like the way you have included two themes with these images. very peaceful looking images.
ReplyDeleteCarletta, I'm torn about cell towers... yes they spoil the skyline but what about being able to get in touch with our loved ones by cell phone? I don't know, I understand your point though. :)
ReplyDeleteThe clear picture of the skies is lovely .
ReplyDeleteIt really is very difficult to weigh the pros and cons of modern communication advances . though they do mar and take away from the natural surrounding beauty on one hand they make it possible for us to travel the world over without moving an inch !!
A difficult choice !
Such a pretty view! And we have the same problem here with the towers often marring the view. I guess I'm still living in the dark ages because I've never had a cell phone. :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty view, makes me want to go for a country drive.
ReplyDeleteThose darned cell towers! They are just poppin' up EVERYwhere! I guess without them though, there would be NO service up in them thar hills! (can't have that now...) I'll just look the other way -- it's still a beautiful view!
ReplyDeleteOh... and by the way... y'all are amazing me with the Incredible ways you are finding to work "I" into your photos today! YOU included!!!
It looks a really beautiful place even with the mobile mast there.
ReplyDeleteNice choice for "I" and I agree that it is intrusive to see such things right in the middle of what otherwise would be a beautiful nature scene.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Just remember, even cell phone towers can't spoil the MEMORIES of places we've seen before they arrived!
ReplyDeleteLove your sky watch pics!!
ReplyDeleteJunie
It's such a beautiful place!! clever take I, those cell towers are certainly intrusive...
ReplyDeleteNothing is perfect!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post!
The images are nice today but I was particularly interested in what you had to say about them. Your words added a lot to your photographs.
ReplyDeleteoh, these hills look so much like those near my home...
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. It is intrusive.
ReplyDeleteNice photo.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture even the second one with the intrusive cell tower!
ReplyDeleteLove those Appalachians. Don't love cell towers. Love cell phones. Dilemma.
ReplyDeleteNancy
Beautiful and one heck of a following.. great job Carletta!
ReplyDeleteThey are an eyesore, certainly. I think that soon we will have no need for them as technology progresses and they will then be removed.
ReplyDeleteLovely skay watch photos!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you were going to magically find an iguana lurking in your backyard or an igloo up in the hills. What a way to do both today!! Intrusive.... Perfect.
ReplyDeleteLOL anyone every tell you how creative you are? DUH.....
it is pretty sky you have here...
ReplyDeleteI love the Appalachians. I need to get a cabin up there one day and just enjoy the sky and the scenery.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my Skywatch post last week. We have been enjoying the sunshine so I have been away from home. Sadly the sun is disappearing from the North East Coast so I will probably be posting a mist on Friday!
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