Alesund, Norway
While guests were celebrating the 4th of July admiring the Art Nouveau architecture in Alesund, I decided to slip beneath the calm surface waters in the fjord to capture a glimpse of the marine life that contributes to making Alesund Norway’s largest fishing town.
Traversing the bottom, I noticed movement just above the sand. As the camera adjusted to focus on the one-inch object known as a Painted Goby (Pomatoschistus pictus) another approached curiously. The lights of the camera system were attracting small invertebrates, causing these two gobies to start opportunistically feeding. Their favorite foods include small crustaceans such as amphipods and copepods. Their characteristic features include eyes near the top of the head, two dorsal fins with rows of dark spots, and an area between the head to the first dorsal fin and breast lacking in scales.
While guests were celebrating the 4th of July admiring the Art Nouveau architecture in Alesund, I decided to slip beneath the calm surface waters in the fjord to capture a glimpse of the marine life that contributes to making Alesund Norway’s largest fishing town.
Traversing the bottom, I noticed movement just above the sand. As the camera adjusted to focus on the one-inch object known as a Painted Goby (Pomatoschistus pictus) another approached curiously. The lights of the camera system were attracting small invertebrates, causing these two gobies to start opportunistically feeding. Their favorite foods include small crustaceans such as amphipods and copepods. Their characteristic features include eyes near the top of the head, two dorsal fins with rows of dark spots, and an area between the head to the first dorsal fin and breast lacking in scales.
