Flood Waters - View from Afar
According to a Catastrophic Plate Tectonics model, the mantle and crust of the Earth shifted violently during the year of the Noachian Flood. Apollo 17 "Blue Marble" — NASA If the planet was indeed covered with water, where did the water go? If the Earth was smoothed out, it would be covered with water for a depth (depending on the estimates) of 1.6 to 2 miles, so there is rather a lot of it. The continents and mountains rose, the water ran off into the newly-formed ocean basins according to this model. NASA's Image of the Day for January 25, "Blue Marble," is a composite of images taken by the Suomi NPP satellite that provides an exquisite view of the earth from space. This is the latest in a series that began with the famous "Blue Marble" photo taken in 1972 by the Apollo 17 crew. This image can help answer a question that creationists often hear: If the entire earth really was covered during the Flood of Noah's day, then where did all...