Today's highway follows the wagon route over the lava beds past the observatory site.

Today there are several different areas on the site for observing pads, as well as several small observatory sites for individual members.

If I'd been here with the original expedition that chose the observatory site-!

Both observatory sites provided full azimuthal coverage (360 degrees in azimuth).

The observatory site was selected primarily for instruction purposes and political symbolism, rather than the observational qualities.

The Federal Aviation Administration operates a facility immediately to the west of the observatory site.

The Department of Energy also operates a facility immediately to the west of the observatory site.

There's the old observatory site around here somewhere.

We came at last to the observatory site.

This is significantly worse than most major observatory sites, but similar to other observatories in Antarctica.