The first U.S. version of the 40-foot-tall rubber duck floats next to the fountain at " The Point" where the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers becomes the Ohio River on September, 29, 2013 in Pittsburgh. The Rubber Buck Project, is the creation of artist Florentijun Hofman of the Netherlands and is part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust International Festivals of First. UPI/Archie Carpenter