1. A user portable viewing device including a plurality of non-coaxial sensors for sensing a scene to be viewed and operably attached to a processing element combining electronic images originating from at least two sensors into a single electronic image for viewing by a user, the invention comprising: an electronic display operably connected to the processing element for displaying the combined electronic image; one of the sensors having an input end to sense the scene to be viewed and being adaptable for mounting in an optical axis extending from an eye of the user; and the electronic display being adapted to be positioned in the optical axis of the user and between the eye of the user and the input end of the sensor for direct view of the display of the combined image by the user.