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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Vladimir Brezina | 44 Comments

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Unique.

DSC_0243 cropped small

Seen at last September’s Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition.

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Posted in Life, Photography

Tagged New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Tattoo, Tugboat, Tugboat Race, Weekly Photo Challenge

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        ... has kayaked the waters around New York for over a decade in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He comes originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and has lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He is a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

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        ... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.

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