Alien 2

Description

Alien #2 is a larval-stage moonfish, aka an opah fish, Lampris guttatus.  Here, it is about 3cm long, but eventually it will get up to 2m and weigh in at 200lbs!  Moonfish are one of the very few fish exhibiting endothermy, making them warm-blooded.  They live worldwide, but at depths beyond the scuba diving range, so the adults have almost never been seen by divers.  Only the larvae make the blackwater diel migration up the water column each night into shallow water, and then back down into the abyss again before sunrise.   The biggest challenge in photographing a larval moonfish, is it’s reflectivity – it’s like photographing a tiny mirror.  I have to use some unique angles with my flash to not completely blitz out the photo with light reflected off its body.

Location:  Several miles offshore from West Palm Beach, FL, USA

For printing, we offer the Aliens as squares, but they are customizable into other shapes if your design plan requires it. You can purchase this luxury wall art online in standard sizes, but if you’d like to discuss a custom crop or size, please contact one of our design consultants at the art gallery.  Perhaps our most popular arrangement for Aliens is a grouping of three of our 15″ x 15″ aluminums, but I encourage you to discuss the size & shape of your project’s wall with one of our design consultants, and we will help you develop an amazing contemporary art installation that blurs the lines between natural beauty and scientific fascination.  Alien 2 is available up to a maximum size of 48″.