As a college graduation gift from Dr. Jacob Rhodes, my physics advisor, I received a kaleidoscope with a lens on the end rather than a chamber containing colored beads or bits of glass. Doing a little research, I discovered that this type of kaleidoscope is called a teleidoscope, from several Greek words meaning “viewing shapes at a distance.” I decided to try to mimic the view by photographing some bookbinding paper through the bottom of a cut glass vase.