"[On a] particularly clear day... when you are looking down, the
tower gets lost in all the colors and patterns that are on the
ground - ground clutter, you can't see it. It is very difficult to
see, even if you know where it is," he told the TV station."
Source: Pilot Richard Fields, in an interview with
KCAL Television in Los Angeles. He's talking about the KFI tower
that, until Sunday morning, stood near the Fullerton Municipal
Airport in California. The tower was struck by a Cessna 182 headed
to the airport. The two occupants, a husband and wife, were killed.
The plane was destroyed. The tower collapsed.