Adam When?

    Subsequent to 1972, when Adam When? was first published, a great amount of space exploration has taken place. This exploration has provided interesting and significant information relative to the matter of the earth being inundated by water when, as the Bible tells us in Genesis 7:11, “the windows of heaven were opened.” If, as we have concluded, at the time of the flood of Noah’s day, God caused the earth to pass through a deep space water vapor cloud, then we would expect some evidence of this to be found when other planets in our solar system are examined. This should be expected because of the great size of a deep space water vapor cloud.

    Indeed, recent space exploration has verified this possibility. Ice, water, or water vapor has been found on almost all of the planets and/or on some of the satellites that revolve around the planets. Scientists puzzle over how the ice found on the moon could be there. That is not a serious problem to solve if the moon passed through the same water cloud that the earth passed through about 7,000 years ago.

    Some of the findings of recent space exploration relative to the presence of water on other planets are quoted below.

    Extensive articles concerning the findings of the Mars Pathfinder Mission were published in the December 5, 1997, issue of Science magazine, which reports:

Many characteristics of the landing site are consistent with it being shaped and deposited by the Ares and Tiu catastrophic floods (page 1745). ...knotty rocks may be conglomerates formed from silty sands and pebbles deposited from streams of floods or along coasts (page 1765).

    In Design and Origin of Astronomy, edited by George Mulfinger

and published by the Creation Research Society, the statement is made:

The apparent dry Martian river beds are undoubtedly one of the most intriguing discoveries about Mars. They strongly resemble earthly river beds. And yet, there are differences as well, for unlike earth rivers, many of the Martian channels have no source, they just appear. Many begin in what is called chaotic terrain (page 84).

    The references to catastrophic floods and rivers without a source are in complete agreement with the fact that great deposits of water were placed on Mars as well as on the earth as they passed through a deep space water vapor cloud 7,000 years ago.

    The 1995 edition of the Britannica: Macropaedia, Knowledge in Depth made numerous references to ice, water, and water vapor on many of the planets and/or some of their satellites. Some of the references are as follows.

    Page 455:

In the outer solar system are low density satellites such as Saturn’s Tethys with a density of 1.2 g/cm3. This object must consist mainly of ice.

    Page 465, in a statement discussing surface properties of Mercury:

Subsequent radar observations have shown small, highly scattering polar caps, interpreted to be water and other ices trapped in high-latitude areas perennially in shadow.

    Page 494, a statement discussing the atmosphere of Mars:

Evidence suggest that the atmosphere was much denser in the remote past and that water was once much more abundant on the surface. Only small amounts of water are found in the lower atmosphere today, occasionally forming thin ice clouds at high altitudes and, in several localities, morning ice fogs.

    Page 495:

Water is only a minor constituent of the Martian atmosphere (a few molecules per 10,000 at most), primarily because of low atmosphere and surface temperatures. The Martian atmosphere is effectively saturated with water vapor, yet there is no liquid

water. The temperature and pressure of the planet are so low that water molecules can exist only as ice (solid) or as vapor.

    Page 507, in a statement discussin two of the four largest moons of Jupiter, which:

…had surfaces covered with water ice.

    Page 517, in a statement discussing the satellites of Uranus:

Water ice shows up in the spectra of the five major satellites…The obvious implication is that the surfaces consist of dirty water ice.

    Page 521, regarding Neptune:

Clouds of water ice are expected to occur at depths within Neptune’s atmosphere where the pressure is in excess of 100 bars.

    Page 522, in a statement discussing Triton, the largest moon or satellite of Neptune:

Triton’s low mass is likely a consequence of a predominantly water-ice interior surrounding a denser rocky core.

    The Biblical account of the flood of Noah’s day helps greatly to explain much of the evidence of ice on the moon and water on Mars as well as suggest a solution to the presence of ice, water, or water vapor on some of the other planets or their satellites.