Day #2: The Greatest tree

Christmas tree I mean... It's 375 meters high and on a clear night you can see it from as far as 40 km.  And here it is, standing in my hometown IJsselstein! This “tree” is, as you can see, not a typical christmas tree like the one you would place inside or around your home. This tree is in fact a communication station, 375 meters tall. From this tower the signals for television and radio are transmitted in order to reach 16 million people in The Netherlands. Every year this transmitting station gets turned into the greatest Christmas tree in the world. In 1992 the tree was lit for the first time.

On a side note: I had to take photos of this tree tonight as the lights are on for only three weeks. I wasn't sure when they're turning them off, but I'm sure it is this week. I just didn't want to miss this. I brought my tripod and had a F22 shutter time. I love how this turned out and how the lights are really sparkling!