And the waters prevailed,
and were increased greatly upon the earth;
Genesis 7:18
"The Bay of Fundy in eastern Canada is famous for its enormous tides. At Hopewell Rocks, toward the end of the bay, the tide may rise as high as 46 feet, but it does not stay high very long. The water is
The tides are eroding the cliffs and leaving stacks that are narrow at their base and look like ‘flower pots’ standing on the shore. These have fascinating names like Baby Elephant, Mother-in-law, and Lover’s Arch.
Visitors to Hopewell Rocks, sometimes thousands a day, descend the Main Staircase at low tide and stroll across the ocean floor—until the water begins to rise again.
On-site interpreters gave talks about the local wildlife, sea life, and plant life, and told the geological story about how the rocks formed. Their story was one spanning eras of unimaginable time hundreds of millions of years ago.
When I descended the steps, I saw that the flower pots were made of gravel that had been cemented into stone. Some of the chunks of rock were angular but most were rounded. This conglomerate rock, as it is called, spoke of large quantities of fast flowing water. Rushing floodwaters would not have taken very much time to deposit that gravel. As I walked across the exposed ocean floor and examined the flower-pot stacks and cliffs, I realized I was looking at evidence from the global Flood of Noah’s time.
*Floodwaters rushed into the rift.
*The rushing floodwaters eroded the higher land alongside, depositing thick layers of gravel into the rift. This has been called the Hopewell Conglomerate.
*As the rush of water eased, the valley filled with sand and
vegetation. The vegetation had been ripped up by the floodwaters, and was floating in huge rafts. After the vegetation was buried, heat transformed it, over the years, into coal.
*Further movements in the crust caused huge
volcanic eruptions.
*These earth movements tilted the land around the Bay of Fundy. They opened up the ocean basins allowing the floodwaters to drain off the continents.
*After the continents had drained, the warm oceans produced high
evaporation and high precipitation, which caused ice to build up on the land over several hundred years.
*When the oceans cooled, the glaciers melted back, and the Bay of Fundy emerged much like it is today." CMI
On-site interpreters gave talks about the local wildlife, sea life, and plant life, and told the geological story about how the rocks formed. Their story was one spanning eras of unimaginable time hundreds of millions of years ago.
When I descended the steps, I saw that the flower pots were made of gravel that had been cemented into stone. Some of the chunks of rock were angular but most were rounded. This conglomerate rock, as it is called, spoke of large quantities of fast flowing water. Rushing floodwaters would not have taken very much time to deposit that gravel. As I walked across the exposed ocean floor and examined the flower-pot stacks and cliffs, I realized I was looking at evidence from the global Flood of Noah’s time.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
*Early during Noah’s Flood, about 4,500 years ago, after the
floodwaters had been rising for a few months, they had deposited vast quantities of sediment in thick layers. Then, earth movements faulted and fractured the crust, as occurred in the Bay of Fundy area. Some areas were pushed up and others sank down, forming a ‘rift valley’.
*Floodwaters rushed into the rift.
*The rushing floodwaters eroded the higher land alongside, depositing thick layers of gravel into the rift. This has been called the Hopewell Conglomerate.
*As the rush of water eased, the valley filled with sand and
*Further movements in the crust caused huge
*These earth movements tilted the land around the Bay of Fundy. They opened up the ocean basins allowing the floodwaters to drain off the continents.
*After the continents had drained, the warm oceans produced high
*When the oceans cooled, the glaciers melted back, and the Bay of Fundy emerged much like it is today." CMI
