These are photographs of astronomical observatories which are in spectacular locations. These are copyright by the person who took them. Permission is given to use these images only for education purposes. Commercial reproduction rights are reserved. The purpose of this CD-ROM is to interest people in science, especially astronomy and geology.
Most people find scientific images far more accessible than other forms of scientific data.
These images were selected to be those that many people would like to have copies. The text material are based on the materials accompanying the images at the internet sites cited above and identify the original image number. In some cases this is material is relatively unchanged while in others it has been extensively edited and rewritten. The translations into languages other than English are copyright. Copyright 2000 Outreach Consortium.