The United States Geological Survey put out this illustration of geological time that is worth sharing. It starts from nothing, and then spirals up showing the evolution of species and epochs. It is today’s Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day. Click on it to make it huge and get more detail; it’s well worth it. For instance, in the Devonian Period–right in the center of the picture–you can see a little amphibian starting to crawl out of the water:
Hey Andy Schlafly: like I said, the image is PD, so you can upload it to Conservapedia.
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What a gorgeous and interesting picture. Even more so when enlarged. Thanks for sharing.
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I like the shades of blue they employed.
Hogwash! Everyone knows that God created the Heavens and Earth in 6 days. Geesh!
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Well, if you believe Conservapedia, that’s true:
My favorite part? The citation represented by the “[13]” takes you to the ultimate authority on geologic time….the San Francisco Bath Salts Company!
But how is a ‘day’ defined? Perhaps not as it is now. Could be many millenia,even eons, so that could work too.
The blue got me too. My favorite color.
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Yes, the two blues, combined with that auburn color for the animals and the color I can’t describe for all the plants. Really, a nice symphony. I might try to contact them to find out who chose the scheme.
The ultimate authority on geological time is very appropriate!
The shades of blue are very…”green”. Remind me of geography lessons in school (when all was peaceful).
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I thought about Catholic grade school wall charts, Lena – the kind that would be rolled and pulled down with a chain. I don’t even know if they have those anymore.