" There was no atmosphere, no solid surface, no magnetic shield, just molte= n matter with asteroids and meteors hitting the surface, volcanoes flowing = lava, it was hell. The early earth day was only 6 hours and the moon was mu= ch closer. Things changed, earth cooled and somehow bacteria formed and lif= e evolved." =A0 Though some will not believe it, it is all explained in Genesis 1 of the Bi= ble: "(1) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.=20 =A0(2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the = face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters..= .." =A0 Steve --- On Mon, 5/30/11, Gary Lindgrenwrote: From: Gary Lindgren Subject: Oasis In Space-Earth History from the Beginning To: psnlist@.............. Date: Monday, May 30, 2011, 1:20 PM I just finished reading the book, Oasis In Space - Earth History from the B= eginning by Preston Cloud, WW Norton and Co. I have always been curious abo= ut earth's history and wanted to get more information on how minerals for m= ining, coal and oil were formed. This book gave me all this information and= much more. It starts out 4.6 billion years ago as earth first formed. Ther= e was no atmosphere, no solid surface, no magnetic shield, just molten matt= er with asteroids and meteors hitting the surface, volcanoes flowing lava, = it was hell. The early earth day was only 6 hours and the moon was much clo= ser. Things changed, earth cooled and somehow bacteria formed and life evol= ved. The author mostly describes geologic history, volcanoes, earthquakes a= nd plate tectonics. Earth had quite a history and it really is an Oasis. =A0 =A0 Gary =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Gary Lindgren 585 Lincoln Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 =A0 650-326-0655 Check Out Latest Seismometer Reading cymonsplace.blogspot.com=A0 Design Details for Seismometers=A0
" There was no atmosphere, no solid = surface, no magnetic shield, just molten matter with asteroids and meteors = hitting the surface, volcanoes flowing lava, it was hell. The early earth d= ay was only 6 hours and the moon was much closer. Things changed, earth coo= led and somehow bacteria formed and life evolved."Though some will not believe it, it is all explained in Genesis 1 of t= he Bible:"(1) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.(2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was u= pon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the = waters..."Steve
--- On Mon, 5/30/11, Gary Lindgren <gel@theconnection= ..com> wrote:
From: Gary Lindgren <gel@.................>=
Subject: Oasis In Space-Earth History from the Beginning
To: psnlist= @..............
Date: Monday, May 30, 2011, 1:20 PM
I just finished reading the book, Oa= sis In Space - Earth History from the Beginning by Preston Cloud, W= W Norton and Co. I have always been curious about earth's history and wante= d to get more information on how minerals for mining, coal and oil were for= med. This book gave me all this information and much more. It starts out 4.= 6 billion years ago as earth first formed. There was no atmosphere, no soli= d surface, no magnetic shield, just molten matter with asteroids and meteor= s hitting the surface, volcanoes flowing lava, it was hell. The early earth= day was only 6 hours and the moon was much closer. Things changed, earth c= ooled and somehow bacteria formed and life evolved. The author mostly descr= ibes geologic history, volcanoes, earthquakes and plate tectonics. Earth ha= d quite a history and it really is an Oasis.
Gary
Gary Lindgren
585 Lincoln Ave
Palo Alto CA 94301
650-326-0655
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