Why does Cincinnati’s Smale Park have kaleidoscopes aimed at flowers?

Kaleidoscope and Foliage in Cincinnati Park (Nicholas J Klein/shutterstock.com)

In Cincinnati, you can find some cool public kaleidoscopes at Smale Park. Here’s a video of what it’s like to use one of them. The kaleidoscope is locked in place, pointing at a lovely bed of flowers.

While the kaleidoscope stays in place, the bed of flowers rotates in a circl…