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00:10 In the northeastern high desert of Arizona 00:13 sits a most peculiar sight, thousands of petrified 00:16 logs sitting on the desert floor, hanging out of cliffs, 00:19 and peeking out of the soil. 00:22 Where did they come from? 00:24 Why are they here? 00:25 How did they petrify? 00:27 How do they fit into the Biblical world 00:29 view of Earth's history? 00:32 Just farther west is a huge crater etched into the desert 00:35 limestone and sandstone. 00:37 With evidence for vulcanism around the area, 00:39 many early scientists thought that it was an ancient volcano. 00:43 But evidence later revealed that this crater 00:45 was caused by a large meteorite hitting 00:48 the earth at an estimated 40,000 miles per hour 00:51 just a few thousand years ago. 00:53 Scientists have used this crater to identify other meteorite 00:56 craters around the world. 00:59 But did something like this cause the demise 01:01 of the dinosaurs, like so many secular 01:03 scientists believe today? 01:06 All this and more next on Awesome Science. 01:09 [theme music] 01:14 "Awesome Science" takes you on a field trip to some 01:18 of the most amazing geologic and historical sites around 01:21 the world where we use the Bible as our history guidebook 01:25 to interpret what we see, that the Bible can be trusted. 01:29 And empirical science falls in line 01:31 with the biblical account of creation, 01:33 the fall, and the flood. 01:36 Science, it's awesome. 01:51 The Painted Desert in northern Arizona 01:54 is a remnant of a vast dry lake bed, one of many lakes 01:57 that stretched across several Western states after the flood. 02:02 This area is part of the Grand Staircase, a 10,000 foot deep 02:07 section of sedimentary strata starting 02:09 at the top of Bryce Canyon in Utah 02:12 and ending at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. 02:17 Much of this area was formed through water 02:19 by the laying down of layers by water 02:21 and then eroding by water. 02:24 Much of this area is in the Chinle Formation, 02:27 which is in the lower middle of the Grand Staircase. 02:30 It's an amazing area full of geologic sites. 02:34 It's been thought to have been formed over millions of years. 02:38 But there's another story that better 02:39 explains the features we see. 02:42 Using the Bible as our historical authority, 02:44 we see in Genesis 6 that God sent a flood 02:48 to destroy the whole Earth. 02:50 The fountains of the great deep burst forth 02:53 and it rained for 40 days and nights nonstop and culminated 02:57 in a year long flood. 03:00 The bursting forth included water and volcanic activity 03:04 as continents were broken apart. 03:07 Water covered the whole Earth for about a year. 03:11 As the continents moved under the water 03:12 and slowly came to a stop, mountain ranges 03:16 were quickly pushed up. 03:18 Water from the flood rushed off the continents, 03:21 eroding valleys. 03:22 But some water got trapped in large inland lakes 03:25 between the mountain ranges and plateaus. 03:29 Even after the flood waters receded, 03:31 volcanic activity continued. 03:34 Then eventually slowed down due in large part 03:37 to continental movements minimizing and the Earth 03:39 equalizing after this great catastrophe. 03:43 The landscape of the entire Southwest 03:45 shows evidence that there were two large lakes that existed 03:48 eastward of the Kaibab Plateau. 03:51 Many creationists believe these waters breached and became 03:54 the source of the catastrophic flow which drained quickly 03:57 through the Kaibab Plateau to carve the Grand 04:00 Canyon in a matter of days. 04:04 Much of the Chinle formation contains volcanic ash laid down 04:08 by water. 04:10 This volcanic ash came from volcanoes erupting, 04:13 for the most part, under water during the flood. 04:17 When it mixed with sand and mud, this huge layer 04:19 was deposited along with logs and dinosaurs. 04:24 Volcanoes continued to erupt around this area even 04:28 after the flood, as evidenced by volcanic flows of basalt 04:32 on top of these layers. 04:34 We're here at Petrified Forest National Park. 04:37 Behind me here are petrified logs haphazardly scattered 04:41 around. 04:42 Scientists here say that they are millions and millions 04:44 of years old. 04:45 But it reality, they're all a part of Noah's flood. 04:48 Petrified Forest National Park is just 124 miles 04:52 east of Flagstaff, Arizona. 04:55 This Navajo and Apache land has an average height 04:59 of 5,400 feet of elevation. 05:02 Thousands of petrified logs lie on the ground, mostly broken 05:06 apart into rounds. 05:08 A few full size logs lie on the ground. 05:12 Others hanging halfway out of cliffs. 05:14 And some peak just above the surface. 05:18 Also in the park are hills of amazing colors. 05:22 They are made from ash layers that formed under water. 05:26 It all screams catastrophe. 05:31 In 1962, this area became a national park 05:35 because of its unique features. 05:38 50,000 acres were set aside for the public to come and examine 05:42 Earth's history. 05:43 Park signs say that this area was for 225 million years ago. 05:48 But is this accurate? 05:50 This date comes from a belief in evolution 05:53 and millions of years. 05:54 So how do we view this in light of the Biblical accounts 05:57 versus history? 05:59 According to the Biblical record and genealogies, 06:02 we can determine this area is only about 4,350 years old, 06:06 formed at the time of the flood. 06:09 Everyone agrees these logs were transported in and by water, 06:13 laid down here, and fossilized. 06:16 But the mechanism for how they got here 06:18 and how long the fossilization took 06:20 is where the difference lies. 06:23 You either believe in long ages, which 06:25 is held by those who believe in evolution, or just 06:28 a few thousand years, according to the Bible. 06:31 Let's see what the facts show us. 06:33 First of all, the root balls on these logs are very small 06:37 or just absent , which scientists see as evidence that 06:40 the original trees were ripped out of their original creation 06:43 in a cataclysmic event. 06:45 Think Genesis flood. 06:48 During the flood, massive amounts of water 06:51 rushed across the land, uprooting 06:54 much of the vegetation, including large trees. 06:59 The logs floated on top of the flood waters for a while, 07:02 but eventually sank to the bottom 07:04 and were buried quickly by the volcanic sediments. 07:09 The bark has been stripped off, so something 07:11 happened to cause the bark to be knocked off. 07:16 During catastrophes like Mount St. Helens, 07:18 we saw something similar. 07:20 After the 1980 eruption knocked down trees, 07:24 logs floated below Mount St. Helens on Spirit Lake. 07:28 They rubbed against each other, and eventually the bark 07:31 fell off before the logs began being deposited 07:34 on the bottom of the lake. 07:37 During the flood catastrophe, we expect nothing less. 07:41 Where the bark fell is most likely different 07:44 from where the logs rested. 07:46 Because the rock layers here in the Petrified Forest 07:48 National Park do not contain any coal, where bark is commonly 07:53 found and coal layers. 07:56 We can see growth rings in the logs. 07:59 They are large. 08:02 The original trees would have grown up 08:04 in a very healthy environment, which 08:06 is what we would expect before the global flood. 08:10 The environment back then was definitely 08:12 better than today, but still suffered 08:15 the effects of the curse. 08:19 Due to volcanic action, the water 08:21 was surely heavy with silica. 08:23 And when the logs were buried, the silica rich water 08:26 would have petrified them. 08:30 Why is this significant? 08:33 Well, when the logs were buried, the carbon 08:35 would have traded places with the silica 08:37 in a chemical process called permineralization. 08:40 And the logs were quickly fossilized. 08:44 Signs in the park will tell you it took a long time for these 08:47 logs to fossilize. 08:48 But with the right conditions, such as a global flood, 08:51 it could take less than a year. 08:53 One lab has been able to duplicate 08:55 this process in just days. 08:58 Now that's repeatable science. 09:03 Also, in Yellowstone National Park 09:05 scientists experimented with putting 09:07 logs in silica rich water. 09:10 And in less than a year, substantial fossilization 09:13 occurred. 09:16 Since this area continued to be underwater 09:19 even after the flood receded, these logs 09:22 stayed buried for a while. 09:25 In a few years or less, the large inland lakes 09:28 wore away at the limestone in the Kaibab Plateau 09:31 and a massive erosional event occurred where the Grand Canyon 09:34 was carved in just days. 09:37 When the Grand Canyon formed, some 09:39 of these layers at Petrified Forest National Park 09:42 were exposed. 09:43 The exiting water eroded through these layers, 09:46 exposing the petrified trees and creating 09:49 the tepee geologic features. 09:52 Much of the desert floor is clay, 09:55 which mostly came from volcanic ash during the flood. 09:59 Some probably came from volcanic activity after the flood. 10:03 But in some places, like Jasper Forest, 10:06 the stumps are buried in sandstone with Pebbles. 10:10 We call this a conglomerate layer. 10:14 When a rock layer has pebbles, it's usually a sign 10:17 that fast moving water was involved to round the pebbles. 10:21 This gives us another indication that water action 10:24 was responsible for creating what we see here today. 10:28 It's interesting that we find entire logs here and not just 10:32 bits and pieces of them. 10:35 Researchers realize that entire forest was swept away 10:38 in one large event. 10:40 The global flood makes perfect sense. 10:44 Remember, don't sample or take any pieces of petrified wood. 10:48 The park rules say no, and we need 10:50 to keep things like this for future generations. 10:57 One way for us to verify our theories on catastrophic forest 11:00 destruction, floating log mats, and petrification, 11:04 is looking no farther than Mount St. Helens 11:06 in southern Washington state. 11:09 In 1980, Mount St. Helens had a huge eruption, 11:14 causing the north side of the mountain 11:15 to slide into the valley below, resulting in the largest 11:19 landslide in recorded history. 11:22 The landslide pushed into Spirit Lake 11:24 and caused an 800 foot high tidal wave 11:27 on the opposite hill. 11:29 The wave was so huge that it pulled down 11:31 the entire force of large, mature trees 11:34 back into the lake in less than a few minutes. 11:37 The logs covered the top of Spirit Lake 11:39 in one large log mat, and many are still there today. 11:46 The logs rubbed together and the bark sunk. 11:49 Over time, thousands of logs became water logged and sank 11:53 to the bottom of the lake. 11:55 Eventually, up to 20,000 logs have 11:58 sunk to the bottom of the lake, and the layer of bark 12:01 has formed into a layer of peat. 12:04 Sonar tests and scuba expeditions 12:06 have verified these facts. 12:10 If Mount St. Helens were to continue to erupt and fill 12:13 Spirit Lake, all of the logs would 12:16 be buried in peat, silt, and ash, which would naturally 12:20 have silica in it. 12:22 Eventually, the logs would fossilize. 12:25 If exposed at some point through erosion, 12:27 this area at Mount St. Helens would 12:29 look much like what we see at Petrified Forest National 12:32 Park, and even the newest levels of apparent petrified forests 12:36 at Specimen Ridge in Yellowstone National Park. 12:40 Even if secular scientists don't like the conclusion, 12:43 this is evidence for catastrophic processes 12:45 like the Genesis flood, that help 12:47 carved many of the geologic features 12:49 we see around the world today. 12:54 Driving along, you'll see steep, cone shaped hills 12:57 which are called the Tepees. 13:00 They're made up of volcanic ash at the top of the Chinle 13:04 Formation. 13:06 Their shape is the result of water erosion. 13:11 In August it is monsoon season in Arizona, 13:14 where afternoon storms will drop as much as one 13:17 to seven inches of rain in 15 to 30 minutes. 13:22 The ash and clay erode quickly when this much rain falls 13:25 over a short period of time. 13:28 The brilliant layers in the Chinle formation 13:30 indicate that they were created by catastrophic means. 13:34 How? 13:35 Let's look at the evidence. 13:37 Indicators are that these volcanic ash layers 13:40 were originally deposited under water. 13:42 It was not a local event, but huge in order 13:46 for the same colored layers to stretch out 13:48 for extreme distances. 13:50 Noah's flood, just 4,350 years ago, 13:54 is an ideal candidate for a catastrophe 13:56 of such a massive scale. 13:58 If it was a smaller event, than the layers 14:01 would be more sporadic. 14:03 The different bands of color are due to different episodes 14:06 of underwater volcanic eruptions. 14:10 Every volcanic eruption puts out different materials, 14:14 some coarse, some fine. 14:18 So one layer is never the same as the next. 14:22 When eruptions happen under water, 14:24 such variations are even more diverse. 14:28 Because the water will also carry other sediments, 14:30 which will mix in with the ash. 14:33 Slow and gradual processes would have laid down these deposits 14:36 with no uniformity. 14:38 But if they were laid down by water rapidly, 14:40 one after the other, the layers would 14:42 be uniform over long distances and large areas. 14:47 Rapid layer deposits and erosion are not a fairy tale. 14:51 When catastrophic processes are at work, 14:54 amazing things can happen. 14:57 This program is brought to you by 15:02 An organization committed to producing high quality 15:05 science-focused television content 15:07 all from a Biblical worldview. 15:09 Awesome Science is our kids series hosted by Noah Justice 15:13 In every episode, Noah visits the national parks 15:16 and 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We hope you enjoy our great content. 15:48 Northern Arizona is home to the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, 15:53 the Painted Desert, and many other geologic wonders. 15:58 In addition to catastrophic processes 16:00 due to the global flood, there is one formation 16:03 in the desert floor that has fascinated 16:05 scientists for decades. 16:12 It's a crater in the Kaibab Formation, the top layer seen 16:16 at the Grand Canyon. 16:17 The crater is 4,200 feet wide and 750 feet deep. 16:23 Due to all the volcanism in the area, 16:25 it was once thought to be a volcano. 16:28 But after scientific research, a whole new model emerged. 16:33 Here at Meteor Crater, Arizona, 150 foot in diameter meteorite 16:38 slammed into the earth, creating this gigantic crater 16:41 we see here. 16:42 Not long after the formation of the Grand Canyon, 16:45 an asteroid weighing approximately 60,000 tons 16:48 impacted the earth at around 40,000 MPH. 16:53 Because of what we know today about the Earth's atmosphere 16:56 and the heat experienced during entry, 16:58 the asteroid was most likely much larger out in space. 17:03 In the 1960s, Dr. Eugene Shoemaker 17:06 studied this crater, which led him on a worldwide search 17:10 to find other impact craters. 17:13 To his surprise, he found hundreds 17:15 around the entire earth. 17:18 Some say that a meteorite like this only 100 times bigger 17:21 crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula, 17:24 causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. 17:26 Think again. 17:27 They say the meteorite would have created a gigantic dust 17:30 storm that would have wiped out all the plants, 17:32 thus wiping out the dinosaurs' food source. 17:36 The dinosaurs around the Earth would 17:37 have starved to death by lack of food, then buried in dust. 17:41 But there's one major problem with this idea. 17:45 We don't find dinosaurs buried in dust layers, 17:47 we find them in sedimentary rock layers, clay, sand, and dirt. 17:52 Which means flood action, not a gigantic dust storm. 17:57 Another proposed idea is a meteor crashed into the ocean, 18:01 causing tidal waves and acid rain, 18:04 destroying life on the planet. 18:07 What makes meteor craters so cool 18:09 is that there are few large craters so 18:11 visible to the public. 18:15 There are hundreds or more of these craters around the earth, 18:19 but we can't see them because they are eroded 18:22 and obscured in a tropical rain forest or on the ocean floor. 18:29 Meteor Crater is on the high desert of Arizona with nothing 18:32 to hide it. 18:34 It's almost a mile wide and 750 feet deep. 18:38 That's as long as 2 and 1/2 football fields. 18:42 With a meteorite coming in at approximately 40,000 miles 18:46 per hour, it caused a huge explosion on impact. 18:50 Because of this great speed, most of the meteorite 18:52 vaporized, leaving the crater in just small fragments scattered 18:56 around. 18:58 In the early 1960s, Eugene Shoemaker 19:01 began to visit this area to study the crater. 19:04 Studying impact craters was his passion. 19:08 He studied craters at atomic test sites in Nevada 19:11 and spent time at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff 19:14 to study crater impacts on the moon. 19:16 He hypothesized that meteor impact craters 19:20 are much more numerous than anyone previously thought. 19:23 To him, Meteor Crater was not an anomaly. 19:27 Because of his research, we now understand so much more 19:31 about how the Earth has been impacted 19:32 through catastrophic meteor impacts. 19:39 Did a meteor impact cause the death of the dinosaurs? 19:42 Let's look at the facts. 19:44 There are many ideas on how the dinosaurs died. 19:47 Yet most of them seem to skirt around the global flood 19:50 concept, even though most of the evidence supports it. 19:54 We know the dinosaurs were buried 19:56 in sedimentary layers, which means 19:58 they were buried by water. 20:00 Any other theory that doesn't include water 20:02 just doesn't stand up. 20:04 If the dinosaurs died on land, then 20:07 their bodies would have decomposed 20:08 or been eaten by scavengers. 20:10 If they died in the sea, the same process 20:13 would have consumed their carcasses. 20:15 But all evidence shows that they were quickly 20:17 buried in sediments such as sand and mud. 20:21 When we used the Bible as a history guidebook 20:24 we see the mechanism of a global flood. 20:27 This would have been the cause and the means 20:29 for quick burial of the dinosaurs. 20:32 But the Bible also tells us that God brought two of every land 20:36 dwelling, air breathing animal on Noah's ark, 20:39 which included the various dinosaur kinds, estimated 20:42 to be around 50. 20:45 Any animal outside the ark would have perished in the flood. 20:49 As we already mentioned, some secular scientists 20:52 have proposed an immense dust storm 20:54 caused by a giant meteorite hitting the earth, 20:57 blocking out the sun and dwindling their food supply. 21:01 The dinosaurs simply starved to death. 21:04 But these impacts should have affected the whole world's 21:07 animal population, but they didn't it. 21:11 Furthermore, dinosaurs were dying out 21:13 after the flood, which tragically reduced 21:16 their numbers, of course. 21:18 Other ideas say a meteorite hit the ocean near the Yucatan 21:21 Peninsula, causing giant tidal waves and acid rain to fall, 21:26 killing off the dinosaurs. 21:28 Yet none of these ideas can adequately 21:31 explain what we see except for a global flood. 21:35 The Bible can be trusted as the true history book of the world. 21:39 The Bible's explanation makes perfect sense 21:42 of what we are observing. 21:44 We even expect meteorites to impact the world, 21:47 being that it is sin cursed and broken. 21:50 But as creationists, we don't look at the evidence first, 21:54 we start with the Bible, trusting 21:56 that it is God's true word. 21:58 Then we interpret the evidence through the Bible. 22:02 We form our worldview through the Bible 22:05 and use it to interpret all the evidence. 22:08 We let God be the ultimate authority on the subject 22:11 and go from there using the milestones He 22:13 has revealed in the Bible. 22:15 Secular scientists look at the same evidence 22:17 we do and interpret it differently 22:19 because of their worldview. 22:21 They don't trust in God or His word as the ultimate authority. 22:25 So by default, man becomes his own authority. 22:29 This is where the debate rages, between these two 22:32 religions, humanism and Biblical Christianity. 22:36 This is why there will always be a difference in what is 22:39 thought about Earth's history. 22:41 It's not just based on the evidence, but our worldview. 22:46 It shapes the way we look at the evidence 22:48 as though we're wearing a certain type of glasses. 22:50 So do we trust in man's opinion or God's word? 22:55 We trust in God's word. 22:57 God was there at the beginning. 22:59 He made the world. 23:00 He destroyed it by a flood, showing 23:03 He has the power to judge. 23:06 He promises to destroy it again, this time by fire. 23:10 But He promises salvation through His son, Jesus Christ. 23:17 Meteor Crater reminds us that the Earth 23:20 is known only to catastrophic destruction from the heavens. 23:24 A group of scientists are concerned about this 23:26 and continue to watch the heavens for meteorites 23:29 heading to Earth. 23:32 When we look at the rocks in this area, 23:34 evidence for a global flood is all around, 23:37 and God's judgment was indeed a reality, 23:40 showing that the Bible can be trusted 23:43 as a true book of Earth's history. 23:45 And there will be another coming judgment, 23:47 and this time by fire. 23:50 God means business with His judgement 23:53 and is calling people to repent. 23:55 As we look at meteor crater, it gives us 23:57 a glimpse of what God can do. 24:00 When we see the flood sediments all over the world, 24:03 we see what God can do when people do not repent. 24:07 Even so, God sent a means of salvation 24:10 from the flood with the ark. 24:12 All people had to do was enter through the door and be saved. 24:17 God is going to judge the earth for its rebellion once again. 24:20 Yet because of His great love He has provided salvation 24:24 for all those who believe in His son, Jesus Christ, 24:27 a door of salvation for those who enter through to be saved. 24:31 Have you repented of your sins and come to Jesus Christ? 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