Technology often gets accused of making our world less beautiful. Progress has a price and it’s often associated with taking the wonders of nature and making them less wonderful. To combat this, many cell infrastructure providers are trying their best to blend in.

In this collection of images compiled by FastCo, we see a dozen examples of how technology is worked into the landscape in an effort to not stick out and ruin the view of the surroundings.

In some cases, it’s a great success and only under close examination would anyone be able to tell that there are conversations coursing through the apparently wooden life forms in view. In other cases, it would have been better if they just put up an ugly metal tower.

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