PetrINFJ

Amateur astronomer, geologist and meteorologist.

The soul of an artist, the heart of a scientist

I have alway been fascinated by nature, science and photography. I find pleasure in sharing my point of view with others. Soon I realised that I want to share beautiful and educative / inspirational photos of natural wonders. Most of my photos are licensed under Creative Commons: If you want to use any photo of mine ask me for permission and it almost certainly will be allowed!

About my life and hobbies:

My interest in science started with astronomy when I was a kid. If we all spent more time looking up at the stars, our lives would be much different. I am amateur astronomer working in a local observatory and planetarium and a self-taught astro-photographer. When I got my first telescope I had to share the view with other people. Since then, I even capture the part of universe invisible to the naked eye. I am especially interested in planetary geology (because I studied geology).

Geology helps us understand not only our own planet, but also other planetary bodies, including dwarf planets and moons. When I started studying geology I was fascinated by magmatic rocks and by fossils. I truly admired those who could read in them like in books. Fossils were the first strong support for evolution theory (before genetics was cool ;)). Fossils are beautiful and more common than you would think. I do have my own collection, I prepare rocks and fossils collection for local planetarium, but I am also involved in research. I study Jurassic fossils (especially ammonites) from Brno and surroundings.

Astronomy and geology are pretty wide fields of science. On top of it, I am also interested in meteorology, especially in classification of clouds, storm spotting and atmospheric optics documentation. Each day, there is a brand new sky acting like a random generator. It is for free, all you have to do is to pay attention and if you'll be patient and keep looking up, once in a while you'll see amazing (and rare) stuff! So keep looking.