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  • Part I: Scientific Case for Creation
    • Life Sciences
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    • Earth Sciences
    • References and Notes
  • Part II: Fountains of the Great Deep
    • The Hydroplate Theory: An Overview
    • The Origin of Ocean Trenches and the Ring of Fire
    • Liquefaction: The Origin of Strata and Layered Fossils
    • The Origin of the Grand Canyon
    • The Origin of Limestone
    • Frozen Mammoths
    • The Origin of Comets
    • The Origin of Asteroids and Meteoroids
  • Part III: Frequently Asked Questions
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This is the online edition of In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood, 8th Edition (2008),  by Dr. Walt Brown. It is designed to be read online.
Copyright © 1995–2008, Center for Scientific Creation. All rights reserved.

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Illustration Credits

Figure 1: Walt Brown, page xiii

Figure 2: Aristo Graphics, page 1

Figure 3: design by Bradley W. Anderson using Corel Professional Photos by Jeanne White, page 5

Figure 4: Bradley W. Anderson, page 6

Figure 5: Natural History Museum, London, page 8

Figure 6: NASA, page 9

Figure 7: drawing by Steve Daniels, page 11

Figure 8: courtesy of Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, page 11

Figure 9: Natural History Museum, Washington D.C., photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 11

Figure 10: Natural History Museum, Washington, D.C.; photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 11

Figure 11: used with permission of the Creation Research Society, P.O. Box 8263, St. Joseph, MO 64508-8263, page 11

Figure 12: Natural History Museum, London, page 12

Figure 13: D. L. Cramer, page 13

Figure 14: G. Elliot Smith, Illustrated London News, 24 June 1922, p. 944, page 13

Figure 15: copyright William Zittrich, page 18

Figure 16: Corel Professional Photos, page 19

Figure 17: copyright Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, photo by Lennart Nilsson, The Incredible Machine, National Geographic Society, page 19

Figure 18: Arctic Tern from Corel/migration route by Bradley W. Anderson/cockpit photo by Walt Brown, page 19

Figure 19: drawing of microphotograph by Bradley W. Anderson, page 20

Figure 20: from “Learning How Bacteria Swim Could Set New Gears in Motion,” by Tom Koppel, figure by Johnny Johnson; copyright September 1991 by Scientific American, Inc.; all rights reserved, page 20

Figure 21: Life Art Collections, TechPool Studios, page 21

Figure 22: NASA, page 26

Figure 23: NASA, page 27

Figure 24: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using NASA photos, page 28

Figure 25: NASA, page 30

Figure 26: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 34

Figure 27: U. S. Naval Observatory, page 34

Figure 28: Walt Brown, page 35

Figure 29: courtesy of Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany, page 35

Figure 30: used with permission of the Creation Research Society, P.O. Box 8263, St. Joseph, MO 64508-8263/composition by Bradley W. Anderson, page 36

Figure 31: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using NASA photos, page 38

Figure 32: NASA, page 38

Figure 33: L. A. Frank, The University of Iowa, page 39

Figure 34: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 40

Figure 35: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using pictures copyright by Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., page 43

Figure 36: Walt Brown, page 44

Figure 37: John J. McIntosh, page 45

Figure 38: Charles R. Hazard, Impact, page 46

Figure 39: Ethel R. Nelson. For details see her book, The Discovery of Genesis, p. xii, page 48

Figure 40: Ark sketch by Walt Brown/photo by U.S. Air Force Academy, page 48

Figure 41: Steve Daniels, page 105

Figure 42: copyright-LANDISCOR INC., page 107

Figure 43: World Ocean Floor, Bruce C. Heezen and Marie Tharp, 1977, copyright by Marie Tharp 1977, reproduced by permission of Marie Tharp, 1 Washington Ave., South Nyack, NY 10960, page 109

Figure 44: U.S. Navy SEASAT satellite photo, page 109

Figure 45: Walt Brown, page 109

Figure 46: Bradley W. Anderson, page 109

Figure 47: Bradley W. Anderson, page 110

Figure 48: John Pinkston and Laura Stern, USGS, page 111

Figure 49: courtesy Geological Survey of Canada (photo no. GSC180345), page 112

Figure 50: illustration by Allen Beechel, page 114

Figure 51: Bradley W. Anderson, page 115

Figure 52: Bradley W. Anderson, page 115

Figure 1: Walt Brown, page 117

Figure 53: Bradley W. Anderson, page 120

Figure 2: NOAA Photo Library, page 120

Figure 54: Bradley W. Anderson, page 120

Figure 55: Steve Daniels, page 121

Figure 56: Bradley W. Anderson, page 121

Figure 57: Walt Brown, page 121

Figure 58: Bradley W. Anderson, page 122

Figure 59: Steve Daniels/Bradley W. Anderson, page 122

Figure 60: Steve Daniels, page 123

Figure 61: computer animation by Bradley W. Anderson, page 123

Figure 62: Bradley W. Anderson, page 124

Figure 63: Bradley W. Anderson, page 125

Figure 64: Bradley W. Anderson, page 126

Figure 65: Walt Brown, page 128

Figure 66: Walt Brown, page 128

Figure 67: copyright WorldSat International Inc., 1999; www.worldsat.ca; all rights reserved, page 130

Figure 68: Walt Brown, page 131

Figure 69: Walt Brown, page 134

Figure 70: Walt Brown, page 135

Figure 71: Walt Brown, page 135

Figure 72: Walt Brown, page 135

Figure 73: Bradley W. Anderson, page 136

Figure 74: Bradley W. Anderson, page 136

Figure 75: Walt Brown, page 136

Figure 76: Walt Brown, page 137

Figure 77: Walt Brown, page 138

Figure 78: Digital Wisdom, Inc.; inset map by USGS; labels by Walt Brown, page 145

Figure 79: photo of Ashley Wilcox by Walt Brown, page 147

Figure 80: Walt Brown, page 148

Figure 81: drawn by Walt Brown after Satoru Urakawa, page 149

: Calvin Hamilton, used with permission, page 149

Figure 82: Walt Brown, page 150

Figure 83: Walt Brown, page 151

Figure 84: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, page 157

Figure 85: Jim McDowell, page 158

Figure 86: Jim McDowell, page 159

Figure 87: Walt Brown, page 160

Figure 88: George W. Housner, page 171

Figure 89: George W. Housner, page 171

Figure 90: Walt Brown, page 174

Figure 91: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson, page 174

Figure 92: Walt Brown, page 175

Figure 92: Walt Brown, page 175

Figure 93: Bradley W. Anderson, page 178

Figure 94: used with permission/anonymous, page 179

Figure 95: Walt Brown, page 179

Figure 96: Bradley W. Anderson, page 179

Figure 97: Walt Brown, page 179

Figure 98: Bradley W. Anderson, page 179

Figure 99: Walt Brown, page 180

Figure 100: Corel Professional Photos, page 180

Figure 101: Walt Brown, page 180

Figure 102: Walt Brown, page 180

Figure 103: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 186

Figure 104: copyright 2008 TerraMetrics, Inc; copyright DigitalGlobe; Google Earth; captions and outline by Walt Brown, page 189

Figure 105: Walt Brown, page 190

Figure 106: Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, page 190

Figure 107: computer-generated map by Bradley W. Anderson, page 193

Figure 109: U.S. Geological Survey, page 194

Figure 110: Walt Brown, page 194

Figure 108: computer-generated illustration by Bradley W. Anderson, page 194

Figure 112: Walt Brown, page 196

Figure 113: Walt Brown, page 197

Figure 114: Walt Brown, page 197

Figure 115: Walt Brown, page 197

Figure 116: copyright Creatas, 2006, page 198

Figure 117: Corel Professional Photos, page 199

Figure 118: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 199

Figure 119: Walt Brown, page 199

Figure 120: courtesy California Imperial Sand Dunes, page 200

Figure 121: Walt Brown, page 202

Figure 122: courtesy of Dr. Larry Sobel, page 204

Figure 123: Walt Brown, page 205

Figure 124: Marine Geoscience Data System, page 206

Figure 125: Walt Brown, page 215

Figure 126: Walt Brown, page 215

Figure 127: (above) Corel Professional Photos; (below) copyright Churchill & Klehr, page 225

Figure 128: Corel Professional Photos, page 227

Figure 129: Walt Brown, page 228

Figure 130: courtesy Zoological Museum of St. Petersburg, page 233

Figure 131: Natural History Museum, London, page 233

Figure 132: map drawn by Bradley W. Anderson, page 234

Figure 133: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 238

Figure 134: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 238

Figure 135: Steve Daniels, page 238

Figure 136: courtesy of Adrei Sher, page 242

Figure 137: B. Willis et al., Research in China, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1907), page 243

Figure 138: Steve Daniels, page 244

Figure 139: Steve Daniels, page 244

Figure 140: Comet Linear: NASA; All others: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 265

Figure 141: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 266

Figure 142: NASA, page 267

Figure 143: Apollo 16, NASA, page 268

Figure 144: NASA, page 269

Figure 145: Walt Brown, page 270

Figure 146: Jim McDowell, page 270

Figure 147: Walt Brown, page 271

Figure 148: Walt Brown, page 272

Figure 149: Walt Brown, page 280

Figure 150: Walt Brown, page 282

Figure 151: NASA, page 283

Figure 152: NASA/JPL, page 299

Figure 153: Walt Brown, page 302

Figure 154: Walt Brown, page 302

Figure 155: Walt Brown, page 302

Figure 156: Walt Brown, page 304

Figure 157: Sahara Meteorite Prospecting (photo CH003), page 305

Figure 158: ISAS/JAXA, page 306

Figure 159: Walt Brown, page 308

Figure 160: NASA, page 309

Figure 161: NASA/JPL/MSSS, page 309

Figure 162: Walt Brown and Jim McDowell, page 322

Figure 163: Walt Brown, page 324

Figure 164: Tom Moore, page 325

Figure 165: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, page 328

Figure 166: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 330

Figure 167: (A) (B) (D) (E) (F) National Optical Astronomy Observatories, W. Schoening/N. Sharp, (C) T. Boroson; composition by Bradley W. Anderson, page 330

Figure 168: Courtesy of Indiana University, page 336

Figure 169: NASA, page 343

Figure 170: Gerhard Heilmann, The Origin of Birds, p. 168, page 345

Figure 171: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird; design by Bradley W. Anderson, page 345

Figure 172: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 345

Figure 173: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 345

Figure 174: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using T-Rex from the Natural History Museum, London, and bird from Corel Professional Photos, page 347

Figure 175: Walt Brown, page 350

Figure 176: Adventures Unlimited Press, page 356

Figure 177: Michihimo Yano, page 359

Figure 178: Walt Brown, page 383

Figure 179: design by Peggy Brown and Bradley W. Anderson using Corel Professional Photos and photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 389

Figure 180: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson; inset by Donald Wesley Patton, page 391

Figure 181: Bradley W. Anderson, page 410

Figure 182: Walt Brown, page 427

Figure 183: Walt Brown, page 428

Figure 184: Bradley W. Anderson, page 432

Figure 185: Walt Brown, page 436

Figure 186: Bradley W. Anderson, page 436

Figure 187: Drawn by Diego Rodriguez based on photo by E. U. Franck, page 439

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