A tall solar camera tower with a stylized B on its panel and cameras stacked down the mast

The Pole Camera Field Guide

Plate readers, average-speed towers, gunshot sensors, surveillance trailers and a flood station in the mountains. Twelve kinds of unattended cameras, how to tell them apart, and what each one actually watches.

September 23, 2026 · 11 min · 2193 words · Justin
Editorial illustration of ordinary and surveillance-style equipment mounted on a Pueblo utility pole

The Mystery Boxes on Pueblo's Utility Poles

I photographed unexplained boxes on Pueblo utility poles, asked Black Hills Energy what they were, and later found commercial covert cameras built to look exactly like transformers and electrical equipment.

September 12, 2026 · 11 min · 2248 words · Justin