July 2, 2009--Photographed from a rare vantage point, several of the Statue of Liberty's 25 observation windows look out over New York Harbor in an undated picture.

Now with safer, higher railings, a refurbished spiral staircase

As seen in 1984, strap-iron armature holds the statue's copper skin in place.

Circa-1930 tourists peer out of the Statue of Liberty's crown

Before crowds ascend again on the Fourth of July, 2009, Statue of Liberty park ranger Lance Williams quietly takes in the view

Invisible to tourists, the Statue of Liberty's 25-foot-long (7.6-meter-long) left foot, pictured in 1984

the replacement of the torch.

ladder is the only way to the torch, the Statue of Liberty's highest point.