El Paso, TX
31.762389, -106.444944
Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS)
Colter Thomas, May 2023
Installed sometime around the year 2000, this RVSS is one of the oldest we are aware of, predating many of the homes in the surrounding area. For those who moved into their newly built homes after the tower was erected, it has always been a part of the landscape. Most of our work mapping this surveillance network focuses on locating the new towers that CBP is constantly erecting. However, this tower, and a few others like it, offer a glimpse into the future of the United States borderlands, trapped in perpetual and eternal surveillance.
Below: 2024 - RVSS
Below: 2000 - RVSS (oldest confirmable satellite imagery)
Below: 1996 - Before installation