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Figure 1: Walt Brown, page 1
Figure 2: Aristo Graphics, page 3
Figure 3: design by Bradley W. Anderson using Corel Professional Photos by Jeanne White, page 6
Figure 4: Bradley W. Anderson, page 7
Figure 5: Natural History Museum, London, page 10
Figure 6: NASA, page 10
Figure 7: Bradley W. Anderson, page 12
Figure 8: courtesy of Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, page 12
Figure 9: Natural History Museum, Washington D.C., photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 12
Figure 10: Natural History Museum, Washington, D.C.; photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 12
Figure 11: used with permission of the Creation Research Society, P.O. Box 8263, St. Joseph, MO 64508-8263, page 13
Figure 12: Natural History Museum, London, page 14
Figure 13: D. L. Cramer, page 14
Figure 14: G. Elliot Smith, Illustrated London News, 24 June 1922, p. 944, page 15
Figure 15: Leonid Mirny, page 16
Figure 17: Corel Professional Photos, page 21
Figure 16: copyright William Zittrich, page 23
Figure 18: copyright Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, photo by Lennart Nilsson, The Incredible Machine, National Geographic Society, page 24
Figure 19: Arctic Tern from Corel/migration route by Bradley W. Anderson/cockpit photo by Walt Brown, page 24
Figure 20: drawing of microphotograph by Bradley W. Anderson, page 25
Figure 21: Image excerpted from the video "A Question of Origins," Eternal Productions, www.eternal-productions.org. Used with permission, page 25
Figure 22: Life Art Collections, TechPool Studios, page 26
Figure 23: NASA, page 29
Figure 24: NASA, page 30
Figure 25: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using NASA photos, page 31
Figure 26: NASA, page 33
Figure 27: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 37
Figure 28: *U.S. Naval Observatory, page 37
Figure 29: Walt Brown, page 38
Figure 30: courtesy of Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany, page 38
Figure 31: used with permission of the Creation Research Society, P.O. Box 8263, St. Joseph, MO 64508-8263/composition by Bradley W. Anderson, page 39
Figure 32: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using NASA photos, page 41
Figure 33: NASA, page 41
Figure 34: L. A. Frank, The University of Iowa, page 42
Figure 35: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 43
Figure 36: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using pictures copyright by Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., page 46
Figure 37: Walt Brown, page 47
Figure 38: John J. McIntosh, page 48
Figure 39: Charles R. Hazard, Insight on the News, 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 51
Figure 42: Steve Daniels, page 110
Figure 43: copyright-LANDISCOR INC., page 112
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 114
Figure 45: U.S. Navy SEASAT satellite photo, page 114
Figure 46: Walt Brown, page 115
Figure 47: Bradley W. Anderson, page 115
Figure 48: Bradley W. Anderson, page 115
Figure 49: John Pinkston and Laura Stern, USGS, page 116
Figure 50: courtesy Geological Survey of Canada (photo no. GSC180345), page 117
Figure 51: illustration by Allen Beechel, page 119
Figure 52: Bradley W. Anderson, page 120
Figure 53: *Bradley W. Anderson, page 120
Figure 54: Walt Brown, page 122
Figure 55: Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), page 126
Figure 56: Bradley W. Anderson, page 127
Figure 57: *NOAA Photo Library, page 128
Figure 58: Bradley W. Anderson, page 128
Figure 59: Steve Daniels, page 128
Figure 60: Bradley W. Anderson, page 128
Figure 61: *Bradley W. Anderson, page 129
Figure 62: Walt Brown, page 129
Figure 63: Bradley W. Anderson, page 130
Figure 64: Steve Daniels/Bradley W. Anderson, page 131
Figure 65: *Steve Daniels, page 131
Figure 66: computer animation by Bradley W. Anderson, page 132
Figure 67: Bradley W. Anderson, page 132
Figure 68: Bradley W. Anderson, page 133
Figure 69: Bradley W. Anderson, page 134
Figure 70: Walt Brown, page 136
Figure 71: Walt Brown, page 136
Figure 72: Chile’s Paleontological Museum of Caldera, page 137
Figure 73: copyright WorldSat International Inc., 1999; www.worldsat.ca; all rights reserved, page 139
Figure 74: Walt Brown, page 139
Figure 75: Walt Brown, page 144
Figure 76: Walt Brown, page 144
Figure 77: Walt Brown, page 144
Figure 78: Bradley W. Anderson, page 145
Figure 79: Bradley W. Anderson, page 146
Figure 80: Walt Brown, page 146
Figure 81: Walt Brown, page 147
Figure 82: Walt Brown, page 148
Figure 83: Digital Wisdom, Inc.; inset map by USGS; labels by Walt Brown, page 154
Figure 84: photo of Ashley Wilcox by Walt Brown, page 156
Figure 85: Walt Brown, page 158
Figure 86: drawn by Walt Brown after Satoru Urakawa, page 159
Figure 87: Calvin Hamilton, used with permission, page 160
Figure 88: Walt Brown, page 161
Figure 89: drawn by Walt Brown after Cliff Frohlich, page 161
Figure 90: NASA, page 161
Figure 91: *Walt Brown, page 164
Figure 92: Walt Brown, page 165
Figure 93: Walt Brown, page 166
Figure 94: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, page 173
Figure 95: *Walt Brown, based on data taken from "Episodic Tremor and Slip on the Cascadia Subduction Zone," Science, 20 June 2003, Vol. 300, p. 1943, page 173
Figure 96: Jim McDowell, page 174
Figure 97: Robert van der Hilst, page 175
Figure 98: Jim McDowell, page 177
Figure 99: Walt Brown, page 178
Figure 100: Stock Photo from Alamy, page 182
Figure 101: George W. Housner, page 196
Figure 102: George W. Housner, page 196
Figure 103: Walt Brown, page 200
Figure 104: Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson, page 200
Figure 105: Walt Brown, page 201
Figure 106: Bradley W. Anderson, page 204
Figure 107: Jim, Sean, and Ryan McDowell, page 205
Figure 108: Walt Brown, page 205
Figure 109: *Bradley W. Anderson, page 206
Figure 110: *Walt Brown, page 207
Figure 111: Bradley W. Anderson, page 208
Figure 112: Walt Brown, page 208
Figure 113: Bradley W. Anderson, page 208
Figure 114: Walt Brown, page 208
Figure 115: Corel Professional Photos, page 209
Figure 116: Walt Brown, page 209
Figure 117: Walt Brown, page 209
Figure 118: *Walt Brown, page 210
Figure 119: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 216
Figure 120: copyright 2008 TerraMetrics, Inc; copyright DigitalGlobe; Google Earth; captions and outline by Walt Brown, page 219
Figure 121: Walt Brown, page 219
Figure 122: *Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, page 220
Figure 123: R Scott Cherba, website: http://cherba.com/wcs/features/030420/index.html, page 221
Figure 124: computer-generated map by Bradley W. Anderson, page 224
Figure 125: computer-generated illustration by Bradley W. Anderson, page 224
Figure 126: *U.S. Geological Survey, page 224
Figure 127: Walt Brown, page 224
Figure 129: Photo by (c) Vadim Aristov–www.aristov.com, page 225
Figure 128: Walt Brown, page 225
Figure 130: Walt Brown, page 226
Figure 131: *Walt Brown, page 226
Figure 132: Walt Brown, page 227
Figure 133: Walt Brown, page 227
Figure 134: Walt Brown, page 228
Figure 135: copyright Creatas, 2006, page 228
Figure 136: Corel Professional Photos, page 229
Figure 137: Lupus Animation, LLC, page 229
Figure 138: Walt Brown, page 229
Figure 139: *courtesy of Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, page 230
Figure 140: Walt Brown, page 232
Figure 141: courtesy of Dr. Larry Sobel, page 235
Figure 142: The Wave, Coyote Buttes, Arizona; Symon Byrne, page 235
Figure 143: Walt Brown, page 236
Figure 144: Marine Geoscience Data System, page 236
Figure 145: copyright 2008 TerraMetrics, Inc.; copyright DigitalGlobe; Google Earth; captions and outline by Walt Brown, page 240
Figure 146: *Anastasia M. Griffin, page 241
Figure 147: Walt Brown, page 246
Figure 148: Walt Brown, page 246
Figure 149: Walt Brown, page 248
Figure 150: (above) Corel Professional Photos; (below) copyright Churchill & Klehr, page 260
Figure 151: *National Science Foundation, NOAA, and University of Washington, page 262
Figure 152: Corel Professional Photos, page 263
Figure 153: Walt Brown, page 263
Figure 154: courtesy Zoological Museum of St. Petersburg, page 268
Figure 155: Natural History Museum, London, page 268
Figure 156: map drawn by Bradley W. Anderson, page 269
Figure 157: courtesy of Richard B. Firestone et al., page 271
Figure 158: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 272
Figure 159: N. A. Transehe, “The Siberian Sea Road,” The Geographical Review, Vol. 15, 1925, p. 375, page 272
Figure 160: Steve Daniels, page 273
Figure 161: courtesy of Adrei Sher, page 276
Figure 162: B. Willis et al., Research in China, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1907), page 276
Figure 163: Steve Daniels, page 278
Figure 164: Steve Daniels, page 278
Figure 165: Comet Linear: NASA; All others: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 302
Figure 166: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34, Spacescapes, page 303
Figure 167: NASA, page 304
Figure 168: NASA, page 304
Figure 169: Apollo 16, NASA, page 305
Figure 170: NASA, page 306
Figure 171: Walt Brown, page 307
Figure 172: Jim McDowell, page 308
Figure 173: Walt Brown, page 308
Figure 175: Walt Brown, page 318
Figure 176: *Artist: Lieve Verschuier, page 320
Figure 177: Walt Brown, page 321
Figure 178: NASA, page 322
Figure 179: NASA/JPL, page 340
Figure 180: drawn by Walt Brown after Erik Asphaug, page 342
Figure 181: ESA, Rosetta Mission to comet 67P, page 344
Figure 182: Walt Brown, page 345
Figure 183: Walt Brown, page 345
Figure 184: Walt Brown, page 347
Figure 185: Marvin Killgore, Southwest Meteorite Laboratory, page 348
Figure 186: Walt Brown, page 349
Figure 187: *NASA, page 350
Figure 188: NASA, page 351
Figure 189: ISAS/JAXA, page 352
Figure 190: NASA. The Cassini Program, page 353
Figure 191: *NASA, David C. Jewitt, page 354
Figure 192: Walt Brown, page 355
Figure 193: NASA, page 357
Figure 194: NASA/JPL/MSSS, page 359
Figure 195: NASA, New Horizons, page 366
Figure 196: *Walt Brown, page 367
Figure 197: *drawn by Walt Brown after Trujillo and Sheppard, page 368
Figure 198: NASA, New Horizons, page 370
Figure 199: U.S. Naval Observatory, page 386
Figure 200: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratory, page 386
Figure 201: Jon Schoenfield and Walt Brown, page 388
Figure 202: Joshua B. Spencer and Walt Brown, page 390
Figure 203: Stanislav Adamenko, page 391
Figure 204: Stanislav Adamenko, page 391
Figure 205: Walt Brown, page 395
Figure 206: drawing by Walt Brown, based on Figure 16 in referenced paper by Paul A. Ramdohr, page 397
Figure 207: Walt Brown, page 398
Figure 208: Walt Brown, page 399
Figure 209: Walt Brown, page 399
Figure 210: Walt Brown, page 399
Figure 211: U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, page 405
Figure 212: drawing by Peggy Brown, page 407
Figure 213: *Walt Brown, page 408
Figure 214: Jim McDowell, page 409
Figure 215: Henry W. Miller, The Paris Gun, page 410
Figure 216: NASA, page 413
Figure 217: photograph by R. Pelisson, Sahara meteorite from Hammada al Hamra Plateau, Libya, page 418
Figure 218: redrawn from Briere and Scanlon, Figure 4, U.S. Geological Survey, page 420
Figure 219: Jim McDowell, page 421
Figure 220: Walt Brown, page 433
Figure 221: Walt Brown and Jim McDowell, page 444
Figure 222: Walt Brown, page 446
Figure 223: NASA, page 450
Figure 224: Courtesy of Indiana University, page 453
Figure 225: *Walt Brown, page 453
Figure 226: NASA, page 454
Figure 227: *National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, page 463
Figure 228: PhotoDisk, Vol. 34 Spacescapes, page 465
Figure 229: (A) (B) (D) (E) (F) National Optical Astronomy Observatories, W. Schoening/N. Sharp, (C) T. Boroson; composition by Bradley W. Anderson, page 465
Figure 230: NASA, page 470
Figure 231: Gerhard Heilmann, The Origin of Birds, p. 168, page 472
Figure 232: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird; design by Bradley W. Anderson, page 472
Figure 233: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 473
Figure 234: courtesy of N. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Archaeopteryx: The Primordial Bird, page 473
Figure 235: composition by Bradley W. Anderson using T-Rex from the Natural History Museum, London, and bird from Corel Professional Photos, page 474
Figure 236: Walt Brown, page 477
Figure 237: *Walt Brown, page 486
Figure 238: Walt Brown, page 487
Figure 238: Walt Brown, page 487
Figure 239: *Steve Daniels, page 499
Figure 240: *Walt Brown, page 500
Figure 241: *Walt Brown, page 505
Figure 242: Michihimo Yano, page 507
Figure 243: Adventures Unlimited Press, page 511
Figure 244: *Walt Brown and Bradley W. Anderson; inset by Donald Wesley Patton, page 521
Figure 245: Walt Brown, page 524
Figure 246: Bradley W. Anderson and Walt Brown, page 527
Figure 247: design by Peggy Brown and Bradley W. Anderson using Corel Professional Photos and photo by Bradley W. Anderson, page 545
Figure 248: Tom Moore, page 551
Figure 249: based on an earlier drawing by George Mulfinger, page 564
Figure 250: Walt Brown, page 567
Figure 251: Walt Brown, page 575
Figure 252: ScienceCartoonsPlus.com, page 577
Figure 253: The White House, page 582
Figure 254: *Walt Brown, page 592
Figure 255: *Walt Brown, page 593
Figure 256: Walt Brown, page 594
Figure 257: Walt Brown, page 595
Figure 258: Walt Brown, page 598
Figure 259: Bradley W. Anderson, page 600
Figure 260: *Robert B. Brown, page 604
Figure 261: *Robert B. Brown, page 605
Figure 262: Walt Brown, page 610
Figure 263: Walt Brown, page 612
Figure 264: Drawn by Diego Rodriguez based on photo by E. U. Franck, page 615
Figure 265: Walt Brown, page 623
Figure 266: Walt Brown, page 625