Title: "Magnifica"

(Magnificent Anemone, closed)

Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar, 2002

TOTAL EDITION: 500

SIZE: 11.5" X 16.5"

(29 cm X 42 cm)

The Magnificent Anemone is one of the more spectacular of the invertebrates found in the tropical Pacific. They attach themselves to a rock or coral boulder, and resemble large, floppy, circular shag carpets, capturing food from the water drifting by. Luckily, this individual was in the "closed" position, digesting tiny plankton it had captured on its tentacles. The extremely colorful mantle was stunning, and caught my eye from quite a distance.
STOCK # 100854-11
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