What is Sea and Sky?
 My name is J.D. Knight and I am the sole creator and webmaster of Sea and Sky. I originally created this site back in 1997 to share my love of the Seas and the Stars with everyone on the Internet. I am a dedicated amateur astronomer and marine aquarium hobbyist. This Web site is also my hobby, and is funded completely by myself and the site's sponsors. I am a professional graphic artist and Web designer here in Orlando, Florida. I work for a small technology firm where I help create computer-based training products. I also design and maintain Web sites. Over the years, as my knowledge and experience with the Internet has grown, Sea and Sky has grown. This site has been very well received by the educational community and has received a number of distinctive awards. Sea and Sky has been featured in a number of magazines and newspapers around the world, and has also appeared on television. I am committed to maintaining Sea and Sky as a personal, informational Web site dedicated to sharing the splendors of our fragile oceans and the wonders of the universe with all members of the world Internet community.
Plans for the Future
Sea and Sky has a lot of future plans and goals for improving and adding to the site. We are always coming up with new ideas. Unfortunately, the creator of the site mostly works alone on it and time is a limitation that is hard to overcome. All work on Sea and Sky is done in the evenings and weekends. We are bringing new sections of the site online as fast as we can get them created. We would eventually like to turn this site into a true multimedia experience including animation, audio, and video.
Requests for Information
We receive a lot of requests for information from people who visit the site. We always do our best to answer all of the email. However, all of the information we have available to us is already available on the Web site. We try to do our best to find information that is not on the site. However, we have to research this information ourselves and it sometimes takes more time than we have available.
You can usually find the information quicker if you try searching for it on the Internet search services such as
Google, Yahoo, Go.com, Excite, Ask Jeeves, and Alta Vista. Copyright fair-use standards allows the images and information on this site to be used for most personal, educational, and non-commercial uses. Credit should be given to the copyright holders. When no copyright information is available, Sea and Sky may be credited as the source.
Copyright Information
The design and layout of this site is copyrighted by Sea and Sky. All original images on this site are copyrighted by Sea and Sky as well. Most of the images in the Sky section were obtained from NASA sources and are in the public domain unless otherwise noted. Most images in the Sea section were obtained from clipart collections that we have purchased. The license for these clipart images belongs solely to Sea and Sky and cannot be used by anyone else. These copyright holder will be clearly marked next to the image. You must contact the copyright holder directly for permission to use the images.
Some of the images on this site have been graciously provided by photographers that maintain a copyright. All images with a copyright will indicate the name of the copyright holder and will also contain a link to their Web site. All copyrights belong to the photographers and any use of their images must be cleared with the photographer directly. Their are no no exceptions.
Images on this site with no copyright notice may be freely used for personal, educational, and most non-commercial purposes. When using these images, credit should be given to Sea and Sky as the source. Information contained within this site may be used for any personal, educational, and most non-commercial purposes as long as Sea and Sky is credited as the source.
Disclaimers
Sea and Sky is a personal, informational Web site created for the sole purpose of sharing the splendors of the seas and the wonders of the universe to members of the internet community. The contents of this site are provided for the purpose of informing only and should not be used as or construed as professional scientific advice.
This site represents the work of a single individual and is not formally associated with any entity, company, organization, or institution. Any implied associations are purely unintentional.
All statements and opinions on this web site are those of the accredited author unless otherwise noted.
The publisher of this site is not responsible and has no control over third party sites whether they are advertisers, linked-to sites, or sites found through search results.
The publisher does not recommend or endorse any of the products or services advertised on this site. Refer to the terms and conditions of use for each third party site before using them.
All of the information presented on Sea and Sky is accurate to the best of our knowledge. Any discrepancies should be brought to our attention by emailing us at the following email address:
Copyright information for text and images is provided when available. To the best of our knowledge, no copyrighted material exists on this site without permission or license of the copyright owner. If any copyrighted material is found on this site which should not be here or if any copyright infringement is found, notify us immediately by email at the email address above and we will remedy the situation as soon as possible.
This site provides hundreds of hyperlinks to other sites on the Web. While every effort is made to verify that each of these is a quality, family-friendly site, Sea and Sky is not responsible for the content of these sites. Any problem with a site linked to by Sea and Sky should be directed to the webmaster of the site in question.
Sea and Sky utilizes Java technology to provide an enhanced Internet experience. Java extends the capabilities of a Web site by allowing interactive technologies such as games and animation. You must have a Java compatible Web browser to take advantage of these features. If your browser does not support Java, you can download the latest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox free from the Internet.
Privacy Statement
Your Internet privacy is very important to Sea and Sky. We take every possible measure to maintain the privacy of visitors and users to this site. Sea and Sky will never collect any personal information such as names and ages from any of its users. All information collected by this site consists of anonymous, statistical information only and is used for purely analytical purposes.
Bulk E-mails and Newsletters
Periodically, Sea and Sky may send an e-mail newsletter to individuals that have contacted the site, signed up for message board or newsletters, made purchases or have otherwise voluntarily established a relationship with this site. It is hoped that the recipient will find these communications helpful and informative but there will always be an option on these e-mail messages to unsubscribe. If a user wishes to unsubscribe from these mailings, that individual's e-mail address will be permanently removed from the mailing list. Sea and Sky does not permit names collected from the site and associated activity to be used by any third party individual or organization. Spacedoc.net does not rent, share or sell mailing or e-mailing lists for use by any third party individual or organization.
Site Tracking Statistics
Sea and Sky collects extensive data on site traffic patterns and statistics to help us better understand our audience. However, no personally identifiable information is collected. This statistical data is used to improve the structure and content of the site to further improve the visitor experience.
Cookies
Cookies are used in a few areas of the site to enable us to recognize returning visitors. This is important and necessary in order to provide customizable and personalized features and to ensure that site statistical data is as accurate as possible. A cookie is simply a small text file that is sent to a visitor's browser and stored on the visitor's hard drive. If desired, cookies can be removed or blocked by changing the settings within your browser, but this may also disable the site features where cookies are used.
IP Addresses
Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses are identification numbers assigned to a user's computer by its Internet Service Provider each time the user connects to the Internet. These can be temporary numbers issued each time a user logs on or can be permanently assigned if a user has an open connection to the Internet. IP addresses are used by Sea and Sky as a way to track geographic regions that visitors are coming from and may be used as security for online purchases.
Third Party Sites
Within spacedoc.net there are many links to external, third party sites. The publisher of spacedoc.net and associates are not responsible and have no control over third party site content whether they are advertisers, linked-to sites, or sites found through search results. Be sure to check the privacy policy of any of these third party sites you may visit before disclosing any personal information to them.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
Some advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on this site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information that may include your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit this site, and whether you have Flash installed along with other details.
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
The cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on this site. Third party advertising companies may also collect information about other sites you have visited in order to display advertisements on this site based upon your interests. To view Google's Privacy policy go to: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html
Contractors
In order to operate and maintain spacedoc.net it is necessary for contractors to access all areas of the system including personally identifiable information of users. However all contractors are required to sign a confidentiality agreement prohibiting any use of this information beyond that required to maintain, support and develop the site.
Contact
If you have any further questions regarding the site Terms of Use and Privacy Policies of spacedoc.net, please contact us by email.
Sea and Sky reserves the right to change these policies at any time. Any changes to the privacy policy will be posted at the Sites.
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