Do You See what I See?

On a hike here around the Finger Lakes of NY popped out this binocular-statue-human-face-looking-contraption that I thought was an interesting point of view.  Oddly enough though, I can’t help but wonder… why oh why do we need a close up view of the falls? Especially that angle? looking in too close to any thing is usually not that pretty of a picture, unless I guess there were bird watching people out there.  But then if they were that crazy about birds they’d have their own binoculars expensive or cheap… See I’m just confused.  I don’t think I’ve ever looked through one of these deals, but if you have, please by all means tell me of your experience…