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.
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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