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Telescopes are very precise instruments that measure light (or radiowaves in some cases). Nearby light sources (like lamps in towns) can make it harder for them to get good pictures, so by keeping to rural areas where there are fewer lights they can see better. The really big telescopes are also so good that the earths own atmosphere is enough to distort the pictures, so by building them high up in the mountains it basically means that there will be less atmosphere between the telescope and whatever it is looking at, it can also help to avoid clouds.

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