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Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is used to investigate the optical disc. The areas with and without data stampers are all observed carefully. Three-dimensional images of the disc surface clearly demonstrate the period, depth of the grooves and the shape of data stampers. Some phenomena of STM imaging are also discussed.