Below is the online edition of In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood,
by Dr. Walt Brown.
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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 20
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 22
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 103
Figure 42: copyright-LANDISCOR INC., page 105
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 107
Figure 44: U.S. Navy SEASAT satellite photo, page 107
Figure 45: Walt Brown, page 107
Figure 46: Bradley W. Anderson, page 107
Figure 47: Bradley W. Anderson, page 108
Figure 48: John Pinkston and Laura Stern, USGS, page 109
Figure 49: courtesy Geological Survey of Canada (photo no. GSC180345), page 110
Figure 50: illustration by Allen Beechel, page 112
Figure 51: Bradley W. Anderson, page 113
Figure 52: Bradley W. Anderson, page 113
Figure 53: Walt Brown, page 115
Figure 54: Bradley W. Anderson, page 118
Figure 55: *NOAA Photo Library, page 118
Figure 56: Bradley W. Anderson, page 118
Figure 57: Steve Daniels, page 119
Figure 58: Bradley W. Anderson, page 119
Figure 59: Walt Brown, page 119
Figure 60: Bradley W. Anderson, page 120
Figure 61: Steve Daniels/Bradley W. Anderson, page 121
Figure 62: Steve Daniels, page 121
Figure 63: computer animation by Bradley W. Anderson, page 122
Figure 64: Bradley W. Anderson, page 123
Figure 65: Bradley W. Anderson, page 124
Figure 66: Bradley W. Anderson, page 124
Figure 67: Walt Brown, page 126
Figure 68: Walt Brown, page 126
Figure 69: copyright WorldSat International Inc., 1999; www.worldsat.ca; all rights reserved, page 128
Figure 70: Walt Brown, page 129
Figure 71: Walt Brown, page 132
Figure 72: Walt Brown, page 133
Figure 73: Walt Brown, page 133
Figure 74: Walt Brown, page 133
Figure 75: Bradley W. Anderson, page 134
Figure 76: Bradley W. Anderson, page 134
Figure 77: Walt Brown, page 135
Figure 78: Walt Brown, page 136
Figure 79: Walt Brown, page 136
Figure 80: Digital Wisdom, Inc.; inset map by USGS; labels by Walt Brown, page 143
Figure 81: photo of Ashley Wilcox by Walt Brown, page 145
Figure 82: Walt Brown, page 146
Figure 83: drawn by Walt Brown after Satoru Urakawa, page 147
Figure 84: Calvin Hamilton, used with permission, page 147
Figure 85: Walt Brown, page 148
Figure 86: Walt Brown, page 149
Figure 87: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, page 156
Figure 88: Jim McDowell, page 156
Figure 89: Jim McDowell, page 157
Figure 90: Walt Brown, page 159
Figure 91: George W. Housner, page 169
Figure 92: George W. Housner, page 169
Figure 93: Walt Brown, page 172
Figure 94: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson, page 172
Figure 95: Walt Brown, page 173
Figure 96: Bradley W. Anderson, page 176
Figure 97: used with permission/anonymous, page 177
Figure 98: Walt Brown, page 177
Figure 99: Bradley W. Anderson, page 177
Figure 100: Walt Brown, page 177
Figure 101: Bradley W. Anderson, page 177
Figure 102: Walt Brown, page 178
Figure 103: Corel Professional Photos, page 178
Figure 104: Walt Brown, page 178
Figure 105: Walt Brown, page 178
Figure 106: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 184
Figure 107: copyright 2008 TerraMetrics, Inc; copyright DigitalGlobe; Google Earth; captions and outline by Walt Brown, page 187
Figure 108: Walt Brown, page 188
Figure 109: Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, page 188
Figure 110: computer-generated map by Bradley W. Anderson, page 191
Figure 111: computer-generated illustration by Bradley W. Anderson, page 192
Figure 112: U.S. Geological Survey, page 192
Figure 113: Walt Brown, page 192
Figure 114: Photo by (c) Vadim Aristov–www.aristov.com, page 192
Figure 115: Walt Brown, page 194
Figure 116: Walt Brown, page 195
Figure 117: Walt Brown, page 195
Figure 118: Walt Brown, page 195
Figure 119: copyright Creatas, 2006, page 196
Figure 120: Corel Professional Photos, page 197
Figure 121: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 197
Figure 122: Walt Brown, page 197
Figure 123: courtesy California Imperial Sand Dunes, page 198
Figure 124: Walt Brown, page 200
Figure 125: courtesy of Dr. Larry Sobel, page 202
Figure 126: Walt Brown, page 203
Figure 127: Marine Geoscience Data System, page 204
Figure 128: Walt Brown, page 213
Figure 129: Walt Brown, page 213
Figure 130: (above) Corel Professional Photos; (below) copyright Churchill & Klehr, page 223
Figure 131: Corel Professional Photos, page 225
Figure 132: Walt Brown, page 226
Figure 133: courtesy Zoological Museum of St. Petersburg, page 231
Figure 134: Natural History Museum, London, page 231
Figure 135: map drawn by Bradley W. Anderson, page 232
Figure 136: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 236
Figure 137: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 236
Figure 138: Steve Daniels, page 236
Figure 139: courtesy of Adrei Sher, page 240
Figure 140: B. Willis et al., Research in China, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1907), page 241
Figure 141: Steve Daniels, page 242
Figure 142: Steve Daniels, page 242
Figure 143: Comet Linear: NASA; All others: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 265
Figure 144: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 266
Figure 145: NASA, page 267
Figure 146: Apollo 16, NASA, page 268
Figure 147: NASA, page 269
Figure 148: Walt Brown, page 270
Figure 149: Jim McDowell, page 270
Figure 150: Walt Brown, page 271
Figure 151: Walt Brown, page 272
Figure 152: Walt Brown, page 279
Figure 153: Walt Brown, page 281
Figure 154: NASA, page 283
Figure 155: NASA/JPL, page 299
Figure 156: Walt Brown, page 302
Figure 157: Walt Brown, page 302
Figure 158: Walt Brown, page 302
Figure 159: Walt Brown, page 304
Figure 160: Sahara Meteorite Prospecting (photo CH003), page 306
Figure 161: ISAS/JAXA, page 307
Figure 162: Walt Brown, page 309
Figure 163: NASA, page 310
Figure 164: NASA/JPL/MSSS, page 310
Figure 165: *U.S. Naval Observatory, page 322
Figure 166: *Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratory, page 322
Figure 167: *Jon Schoenfield and Walt Brown, page 324
Figure 168: *Joshua B. Spencer and Walt Brown, page 326
Figure 169: *Stanislav Adamenko, page 327
Figure 170: *Walt Brown, page 331
Figure 171: *Walt Brown, page 333
Figure 172: *Walt Brown, page 334
Figure 173: *Walt Brown, page 335
Figure 174: *Walt Brown, page 335
Figure 175: *Jim McDowell, page 337
Figure 176: *NASA, page 342
Figure 177: *redrawn from Briere and Scanlon, Figure 4, U.S. Geological Survey, page 347
Figure 178: reproduced with permission of B. W. James, School of Physics, University of Sydney, page 351
Figure 179: *Henry W. Miller, The Paris Gun, page 359
Figure 180: Walt Brown and Jim McDowell, page 368
Figure 181: Walt Brown, page 370
Figure 182: Tom Moore, page 371
Figure 183: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, page 374
Figure 184: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 376
Figure 185: (A) (B) (D) (E) (F) National Optical Astronomy Observatories, W. Schoening/N. Sharp, (C) T. Boroson; composition by Bradley W. Anderson, page 376
Figure 186: Courtesy of Indiana University, page 382
Figure 187: NASA, page 390
Figure 188: Gerhard Heilmann, The Origin of Birds, p. 168, page 392
Figure 189: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird; design by Bradley W. Anderson, page 392
Figure 190: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 392
Figure 191: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 392
Figure 192: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using T-Rex from the Natural History Museum, London, and bird from Corel Professional Photos, page 394
Figure 193: *Walt Brown, page 396
Figure 194: *Bradley W. Anderson and Walt Brown, page 400
Figure 195: Adventures Unlimited Press, page 407
Figure 196: Michihimo Yano, page 410
Figure 197: Walt Brown, page 431
Figure 198: design by Peggy Brown and Bradley W. Anderson using Corel Professional Photos and photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 437
Figure 199: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson; inset by Donald Wesley Patton, page 439
Figure 200: Bradley W. Anderson, page 458
Figure 201: Walt Brown, page 474
Figure 202: Walt Brown, page 475
Figure 203: Bradley W. Anderson, page 479
Figure 204: Walt Brown, page 483
Figure 205: Bradley W. Anderson, page 483
Figure 206: *Walt Brown, page 485
Figure 207: Drawn by Diego Rodriguez based on photo by E. U. Franck, page 488