Daniel Botelho, the Brazilian underwater photographer, is famous the world over for his
work for whales especially humpback whales but what he shared a couple of days ago on his social media site was awesome and it according to him was a lost job, a picture that he found in an old folder: a long-forgotten Polaroid snapshot, a yellowed love letter, or in the case of a, a rare image of a moon-shaped giant fish taken two years prior.
Daniel shared the Mola mola snapshot, captured off San Diego, became an instant hit after being posted last week on his Facebook page and until know has become viral on social media sites.
Botelho explained that he stumbled upon the mola in July of 2010 while on a mission to photograph blue whales. He adds: “It is so funny, I wasted that image and after two years I found it, posted it, and it becomes viral.”
He further added: “There were more than five in the same spot, but once I got in the water, as stealthily as I could, they all went out fast. But one specific fish stopped to check what I was, and God knows why the fish decided to follow me. People in the boat said it seemed like a dog following his owner.”
The photographer depicted in the shot had hoped to snap a picture of Botelho next to the sunfish, but instead he became the subject to lend perspective as to how large molas can be. The sunfish can measure 14 feet and weigh as much as 5,000lbs, and they inhabit tropical and temperate oceans.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium, in a species description, states: “Ocean sunfish, or molas, look like the invention of a mad scientist.”
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