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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 18
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: NASA, page 24
Figure 22: NASA, page 25
Figure 23: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using NASA photos, page 26
Figure 24: NASA, page 28
Figure 25: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 32
Figure 26: U. S. Naval Observatory, page 32
Figure 27: Walt Brown, page 33
Figure 28: courtesy of Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany, page 34
Figure 29: used with permission of the Creation Research Society, P.O. Box 8263, St. Joseph, MO 64508-8263/composition by Bradley W. Anderson, page 34
Figure 30: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using NASA photos, page 37
Figure 31: NASA, page 37
Figure 32: L. A. Frank, The University of Iowa, page 37
Figure 33: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 38
Figure 34: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using pictures copyright by Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., page 41
Figure 35: Walt Brown, page 42
Figure 36: John J. McIntosh, page 43
Figure 37: Charles R. Hazard, Impact, page 44
Figure 38: Ethel R. Nelson. For details see her book, The Discovery of Genesis, p. xii, page 46
Figure 39: ark sketch by Walt Brown/photo by U.S. Air Force Academy, page 46
Figure 40: Steve Daniels, page 101
Figure 41: copyright-LANDISCOR INC., page 103
Figure 42: 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 105
Figure 43: U.S. Navy SEASAT satellite photo, page 105
Figure 44: Walt Brown, page 105
Figure 45: Bradley W. Anderson, page 105
Figure 46: Bradley W. Anderson, page 106
Figure 47: John Pinkston and Laura Stern, USGS, page 107
Figure 48: courtesy Geological Survey of Canada (photo no. GSC180345), page 108
Figure 49: illustration by Allen Beechel, page 110
Figure 50: Bradley W. Anderson, page 111
Figure 51: Bradley W. Anderson, page 111
Figure 52: Walt Brown, page 113
Figure 53: Bradley W. Anderson, page 116
Figure 54: Bradley W. Anderson, page 116
Figure 55: Steve Daniels, page 116
Figure 56: Bradley W. Anderson, page 116
Figure 57: Walt Brown, page 117
Figure 58: Bradley W. Anderson, page 117
Figure 59: Steve Daniels/Bradley W. Anderson, page 118
Figure 60: Steve Daniels, page 118
Figure 61: computer animation by Bradley W. Anderson, page 119
Figure 62: Bradley W. Anderson, page 120
Figure 63: Bradley W. Anderson, page 121
Figure 64: Bradley W. Anderson, page 121
Figure 65: Walt Brown, page 123
Figure 66: Walt Brown, page 123
Figure 67: copyright WorldSat International Inc., 1999; www.worldsat.ca; all rights reserved, page 125
Figure 68: Walt Brown, page 126
Figure 69: Walt Brown, page 129
Figure 70: Walt Brown, page 130
Figure 71: Walt Brown, page 130
Figure 72: Bradley W. Anderson, page 130
Figure 73: Bradley W. Anderson, page 131
Figure 74: Bradley W. Anderson, page 132
Figure 75: Walt Brown, page 132
Figure 76: Walt Brown, page 133
Figure 77: Walt Brown, page 133
Figure 78: Digital Wisdom, Inc.; inset map by USGS; labels by Walt Brown, page 141
Figure 79: photo of Ashley Wilcox by Walt Brown, page 143
Figure 80: Walt Brown, page 144
Figure 81: Walt Brown, page 145
Figure 82: Walt Brown, page 146
Figure 83: *Calvin Hamilton, used with permission, page 146
Figure 84: Walt Brown, page 149
Figure 85: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, page 154
Figure 86: *Jim McDowell, page 155
Figure 87: *Jim McDowell, page 156
Figure 88: Walt Brown, page 157
Figure 89: George W. Housner, page 167
Figure 90: George W. Housner, page 167
Figure 91: Walt Brown, page 170
Figure 92: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson, page 170
Figure 93: Walt Brown, page 171
Figure 94: Bradley W. Anderson, page 174
Figure 95: used with permission/anonymous, page 175
Figure 96: Walt Brown, page 175
Figure 97: Bradley W. Anderson, page 175
Figure 98: Walt Brown, page 175
Figure 99: Bradley W. Anderson, page 175
Figure 100: Walt Brown, page 176
Figure 101: Corel Professional Photos, page 176
Figure 102: Walt Brown, page 176
Figure 103: Walt Brown, page 176
Figure 104: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 180
Figure 105: copyright 2008 TerraMetrics, Inc; copyright DigitalGlobe; Google Earth; captions and outline by Walt Brown, page 183
Figure 106: Walt Brown, page 184
Figure 107: Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, page 184
Figure 108: computer-generated map by Bradley W. Anderson, page 187
Figure 109: computer-generated illustration by Bradley W. Anderson, page 187
Figure 110: U.S. Geological Survey, page 188
Figure 111: Walt Brown, page 188
Figure 112: Photo by (c) Vadim Aristov–www.aristov.com, page 188
Figure 113: Walt Brown, page 190
Figure 114: Walt Brown, page 191
Figure 115: Walt Brown, page 191
Figure 116: Walt Brown, page 191
Figure 117: copyright Creatas, 2006, page 192
Figure 118: Corel Professional Photos, page 193
Figure 119: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 193
Figure 120: Walt Brown, page 193
Figure 121: Walt Brown, page 196
Figure 122: courtesy of Dr. Larry Sobel, page 198
Figure 123: Walt Brown, page 199
Figure 124: Marine Geoscience Data System, page 200
Figure 125: Walt Brown, page 209
Figure 126: Walt Brown, page 209
Figure 127: (above) Corel Professional Photos; (below) copyright Churchill & Klehr, page 217
Figure 128: Corel Professional Photos, page 219
Figure 129: Walt Brown, page 220
Figure 130: courtesy Zoological Museum of St. Petersburg, page 225
Figure 131: Natural History Museum, London, page 225
Figure 132: map drawn by Bradley W. Anderson, page 226
Figure 133: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 230
Figure 134: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 230
Figure 135: Steve Daniels, page 230
Figure 136: courtesy of Adrei Sher, page 234
Figure 137: B. Willis et al., Research in China, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1907), page 235
Figure 138: Steve Daniels, page 236
Figure 139: Steve Daniels, page 236
Figure 140: Comet Linear: NASA; All others: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 259
Figure 141: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 260
Figure 142: NASA, page 261
Figure 143: Apollo 16, NASA, page 262
Figure 144: NASA, page 263
Figure 145: Walt Brown, page 264
Figure 146: Jim McDowell, page 264
Figure 147: Walt Brown, page 265
Figure 148: Walt Brown, page 266
Figure 149: Walt Brown, page 273
Figure 150: Walt Brown, page 275
Figure 151: NASA/JPL, page 291
Figure 152: Walt Brown, page 294
Figure 153: Walt Brown, page 294
Figure 154: Walt Brown, page 294
Figure 155: Walt Brown, page 296
Figure 156: Sahara Meteorite Prospecting (photo CH003), page 297
Figure 157: ISAS/JAXA, page 298
Figure 158: Walt Brown, page 299
Figure 159: NASA, page 301
Figure 160: NASA/JPL/MSSS, page 301
Figure 161: Walt Brown and Jim McDowell, page 314
Figure 162: Walt Brown, page 316
Figure 163: Tom Moore, page 317
Figure 164: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, page 320
Figure 165: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 322
Figure 166: (A) (B) (D) (E) (F) National Optical Astronomy Observatories, W. Schoening/N. Sharp, (C) T. Boroson; composition by Bradley W. Anderson, page 322
Figure 167: Courtesy of Indiana University, page 327
Figure 168: NASA, page 334
Figure 169: Gerhard Heilmann, The Origin of Birds, p. 168, page 336
Figure 170: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird; design by Bradley W. Anderson, page 336
Figure 171: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 336
Figure 172: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 336
Figure 173: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using T-Rex from the Natural History Museum, London, and bird from Corel Professional Photos, page 338
Figure 174: Walt Brown, page 340
Figure 175: Adventures Unlimited Press, page 346
Figure 176: Michihimo Yano, page 348
Figure 177: Walt Brown, page 369
Figure 178: design by Peggy Brown and Bradley W. Anderson using Corel Professional Photos and photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 375
Figure 179: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson; inset by Donald Wesley Patton, page 377
Figure 180: Bradley W. Anderson, page 396
Figure 181: Walt Brown, page 412
Figure 182: Walt Brown, page 413
Figure 183: Bradley W. Anderson, page 417
Figure 184: Walt Brown, page 420
Figure 185: Bradley W. Anderson, page 420
Figure 186: Drawn by Diego Rodriguez based on photo by E. U. Franck, page 423
Figure 187: Drawn by Diego Rodriguez based on photo by E. U. Franck, page 423