In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood

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Illustration Credits

Figure 1: Walt Brown, page vii

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: Bradley W. Anderson, 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: Image excerpted from the video "A Question of Origins," Eternal Productions, www.eternal-productions.org. Used with permission, page 20

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

Figure 22: NASA, page 28

Figure 23: NASA, page 29

Figure 24: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using NASA photos, page 30

Figure 25: NASA, page 32

Figure 26: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 36

Figure 27: U. S. Naval Observatory, page 36

Figure 28: Walt Brown, page 37

Figure 29: courtesy of Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany, page 37

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 37

Figure 31: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using NASA photos, page 40

Figure 32: NASA, page 40

Figure 33: L. A. Frank, The University of Iowa, page 41

Figure 34: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 41

Figure 35: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using pictures copyright by Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., page 45

Figure 36: Walt Brown, page 46

Figure 37: John J. McIntosh, page 47

Figure 38: Charles R. Hazard, Insight on the News, page 48

Figure 39: Chile’s Paleontological Museum of Caldera, page 49

Figure 40: Ethel R. Nelson. For details see her book, The Discovery of Genesis, p. xii, page 50

Figure 41: Ark sketch by Walt Brown/photo by U.S. Air Force Academy, page 50

Figure 42: Steve Daniels, page 107

Figure 43: copyright-LANDISCOR INC., page 109

Figure 44: 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 111

Figure 45: U.S. Navy SEASAT satellite photo, page 111

Figure 46: Walt Brown, page 111

Figure 47: Bradley W. Anderson, page 111

Figure 48: Bradley W. Anderson, page 112

Figure 49: John Pinkston and Laura Stern, USGS, page 112

Figure 50: courtesy Geological Survey of Canada (photo no. GSC180345), page 113

Figure 51: illustration by Allen Beechel, page 116

Figure 52: Bradley W. Anderson, page 116

Figure 53: Bradley W. Anderson, page 116

Figure 54: Walt Brown, page 118

Figure 55: Bradley W. Anderson, page 123

Figure 56: NOAA Photo Library, page 123

Figure 57: Bradley W. Anderson, page 123

Figure 58: Steve Daniels, page 124

Figure 59: Bradley W. Anderson, page 124

Figure 60: Walt Brown, page 124

Figure 61: Bradley W. Anderson, page 125

Figure 62: Steve Daniels/Bradley W. Anderson, page 125

Figure 63: Steve Daniels, page 126

Figure 64: computer animation by Bradley W. Anderson, page 126

Figure 65: Bradley W. Anderson, page 127

Figure 66: Bradley W. Anderson, page 128

Figure 67: Bradley W. Anderson, page 129

Figure 68: Walt Brown, page 131

Figure 69: Walt Brown, page 131

Figure 71: Walt Brown, page 132

Figure 72: Walt Brown, page 136

Figure 73: Walt Brown, page 137

Figure 74: Walt Brown, page 137

Figure 75: Walt Brown, page 137

Figure 76: Bradley W. Anderson, page 138

Figure 77: Bradley W. Anderson, page 138

Figure 78: Walt Brown, page 138

Figure 79: Walt Brown, page 139

Figure 80: Walt Brown, page 140

Figure 81: Digital Wisdom, Inc.; inset map by USGS; labels by Walt Brown, page 147

Figure 82: photo of Ashley Wilcox by Walt Brown, page 149

Figure 83: Walt Brown, page 150

Figure 84: drawn by Walt Brown after Satoru Urakawa, page 151

Figure 85: Calvin Hamilton, used with permission, page 152

Figure 86: Walt Brown, page 153

Figure 87: *drawn by Walt Brown after Cliff Frohlich, page 153

Figure 88: *NASA, page 154

Figure 89: *Walt Brown, page 158

Figure 90: Walt Brown, page 159

Figure 91: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, page 165

Figure 92: Jim McDowell, page 166

Figure 93: Jim McDowell, page 167

Figure 94: Walt Brown, page 168

Figure 95: *Walt Brown, page 175

Figure 96: George W. Housner, page 183

Figure 97: George W. Housner, page 183

Figure 98: Walt Brown, page 187

Figure 99: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson, page 187

Figure 100: Walt Brown, page 188

Figure 101: Bradley W. Anderson, page 191

Figure 102: used with permission/anonymous, page 192

Figure 103: Walt Brown, page 192

Figure 104: Bradley W. Anderson, page 192

Figure 105: Walt Brown, page 192

Figure 106: Bradley W. Anderson, page 192

Figure 107: Walt Brown, page 193

Figure 108: Corel Professional Photos, page 193

Figure 109: Walt Brown, page 193

Figure 110: Walt Brown, page 193

Figure 111: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 196

Figure 113: Walt Brown, page 200

Figure 114: Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, page 200

Figure 115: computer-generated map by Bradley W. Anderson, page 203

Figure 116: computer-generated illustration by Bradley W. Anderson, page 203

Figure 117: U.S. Geological Survey, page 204

Figure 118: Walt Brown, page 204

Figure 119: Photo by (c) Vadim Aristov–www.aristov.com, page 204

Figure 120: Walt Brown, page 206

Figure 121: Walt Brown, page 207

Figure 122: Walt Brown, page 207

Figure 123: Walt Brown, page 207

Figure 124: copyright Creatas, 2006, page 208

Figure 125: Corel Professional Photos, page 209

Figure 126: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 209

Figure 127: Walt Brown, page 209

Figure 128: courtesy California Imperial Sand Dunes, page 210

Figure 129: Walt Brown, page 212

Figure 130: courtesy of Dr. Larry Sobel, page 214

Figure 131: Walt Brown, page 215

Figure 132: Marine Geoscience Data System, page 216

Figure 133: Walt Brown, page 225

Figure 134: Walt Brown, page 225

Figure 135: (above) Corel Professional Photos; (below) copyright Churchill & Klehr, page 235

Figure 136: Corel Professional Photos, page 237

Figure 137: Walt Brown, page 238

Figure 138: courtesy Zoological Museum of St. Petersburg, page 243

Figure 139: Natural History Museum, London, page 243

Figure 140: map drawn by Bradley W. Anderson, page 244

Figure 141: courtesy of Richard B. Firestone et al., page 246

Figure 142: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 247

Figure 143: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 247

Figure 144: Steve Daniels, page 248

Figure 145: courtesy of Adrei Sher, page 250

Figure 146: B. Willis et al., Research in China, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1907), page 251

Figure 147: Steve Daniels, page 253

Figure 148: Steve Daniels, page 253

Figure 149: Comet Linear: NASA; All others: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 277

Figure 150: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 278

Figure 151: NASA, page 279

Figure 152: *NASA, page 279

Figure 153: Apollo 16, NASA, page 280

Figure 154: NASA, page 281

Figure 155: Walt Brown, page 282

Figure 156: Jim McDowell, page 282

Figure 157: Walt Brown, page 283

Figure 158: Walt Brown, page 284

Figure 159: Walt Brown, page 291

Figure 160: Walt Brown, page 292

Figure 161: NASA, page 294

Figure 162: NASA/JPL, page 311

Figure 163: drawn by Walt Brown after Erik Asphaug, page 313

Figure 164: Walt Brown, page 314

Figure 165: Walt Brown, page 314

Figure 166: Walt Brown, page 316

Figure 167: Walt Brown, page 317

Figure 168: NASA, page 318

Figure 169: ISAS/JAXA, page 319

Figure 170: NASA. The Cassini Program, page 320

Figure 171: Walt Brown, page 321

Figure 172: NASA, page 323

Figure 173: NASA/JPL/MSSS, page 323

Figure 174: U.S. Naval Observatory, page 336

Figure 175: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratory, page 336

Figure 176: Jon Schoenfield and Walt Brown, page 338

Figure 177: Joshua B. Spencer and Walt Brown, page 340

Figure 178: Stanislav Adamenko, page 341

Figure 179: Stanislav Adamenko, page 341

Figure 180: Walt Brown, page 345

Figure 181: *drawing by Walt Brown, based on Figure 16 in referenced paper by Paul A. Ramdohr, page 346

Figure 182: Walt Brown, page 347

Figure 183: Walt Brown, page 348

Figure 184: Walt Brown, page 349

Figure 185: Walt Brown, page 349

Figure 186: reproduced with permission of B. W. James, School of Physics, University of Sydney, page 350

Figure 187: Jim McDowell, page 355

Figure 188: NASA, page 360

Figure 189: photograph by R. Pelisson, Sahara meteorite from Hammada al Hamra Plateau, Libya, page 365

Figure 190: redrawn from Briere and Scanlon, Figure 4, U.S. Geological Survey, page 366

Figure 191: Jim McDowell, page 367

Figure 192: Walt Brown, page 377

Figure 193: Henry W. Miller, The Paris Gun, page 379

Figure 194: Walt Brown and Jim McDowell, page 388

Figure 195: Walt Brown, page 390

Figure 196: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, page 391

Figure 197: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 393

Figure 198: (A) (B) (D) (E) (F) National Optical Astronomy Observatories, W. Schoening/N. Sharp, (C) T. Boroson; composition by Bradley W. Anderson, page 393

Figure 199: Courtesy of Indiana University, page 399

Figure 200: NASA, page 405

Figure 201: Gerhard Heilmann, The Origin of Birds, p. 168, page 407

Figure 202: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird; design by Bradley W. Anderson, page 407

Figure 203: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 407

Figure 204: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 408

Figure 205: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using T-Rex from the Natural History Museum, London, and bird from Corel Professional Photos, page 408

Figure 206: Adventures Unlimited Press, page 416

Figure 207: Michihimo Yano, page 420

Figure 208: Walt Brown, page 433

Figure 209: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson; inset by Donald Wesley Patton, page 437

Figure 210: Bradley W. Anderson and Walt Brown, page 439

Figure 211: Walt Brown, page 451

Figure 212: design by Peggy Brown and Bradley W. Anderson using Corel Professional Photos and photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 457

Figure 213: Tom Moore, page 465

Figure 214: Bradley W. Anderson, page 479

Figure 215: Walt Brown, page 495

Figure 216: Walt Brown, page 496

Figure 217: Walt Brown, page 499

Figure 218: Bradley W. Anderson, page 501

Figure 219: Walt Brown, page 505

Figure 220: Bradley W. Anderson, page 505

Figure 221: Walt Brown, page 506

Figure 222: Drawn by Diego Rodriguez based on photo by E. U. Franck, page 509

Figure 223: Walt Brown, page 517