Fun with Photoshop 01/26/2012
While looking at the Susquehanna Roseland EIS today, I came across the slide show that the NPS is presenting at their public hearings in Pennsylvania and New Jersey this week. The slide show obviously uses power company-submitted "photo simulations" to show citizens what the proposed power line will supposedly look like. These photo sims are created by environmental permitting firms like Burns & McDonnell, who are being paid to produce Photoshopped propaganda. I saw many just like them in PATH's LRE and EIS application. These Photoshop phonies take great liberty with perspective, hoping you're dumb enough to fall for their trickery. Here's a great example. Notice how the "before" picture only captures the bottom 50 feet or so of the lattice tower structure? When this 100 foot high structure is replaced with a tubular steel structure twice it's size in the "after" picture, the perspective of the tower suddenly changes, although the background remains the same. All of a sudden most of the structure is visible in the "photo." Sometimes they place the new structure further away along the right-of-way in order to make it appear smaller by comparison, but it looks like they didn't even bother in this one. They placed the out of perspective structure in the same basic location as the existing one. Fail! And what's that hiding behind the tower? Is it a new right-of-way three times the width of the old one (yes, I measured it)? You're not supposed to notice that! If you're interested in seeing the entire slide show that demonstrates the damage the new line will do to the parks, you can download it here and view with a great deal of skepticism. Note to Power Companies and Paid Contractors: Seriously guys, use some of your ill-gotten booty to invest in a new bag of tricks. This one has gone stale.  CommentsP. Evinson 01/27/2012 2:11am
I passed the magic beans along to my pals in the business. While I sip my fruity drink on my island, they are using "magic" to appease all the masses. These photos are not trickery of any kind, they are simply magic. Remember folks ... if you believe the illusion, who's not to say it aint real? HEEHEEHEEHEE Silly-Rabbit 01/27/2012 5:31am
It looks like the base of the new tower is placed over the crest of the hill and that's why it appears "smaller" There's another 100 feet of tower below what's shown. They should know that due to conductor sag the tower needs to be placed at the crest of the hill, where the current one is located otherwise those wires are going to be touching the ground at the hill crest. scott olson 01/27/2012 2:41pm
Worse yet, I confirmed w/NPS staff last night that no test borings have been done to determine if tower sites are suitable for monopoles (conveniently used in these "after" shot). In my neighborhood, in similar geological subsurface to the park, the test bores found conditions unsuitable for monopoles, so we're getting 200' lattice towers! Imagine the same NPS photos with lattice and not monopoles! MUCH greater visual impacts! Keryn 01/28/2012 8:12am
The documents those photos come from will usually have a disclaimer that says something like "tower placement and construction will depend on site conditions, these photos are for illustrative purposes only." Leave a Reply | AuthorStopPATH WV blog is written by members of StopPATH. All opinions expressed are those of the individual author.
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