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www.reasons.org 855-REASONS www.reasons.org 855-REASONS ESO ESO www.reasons.org 855-REASONS Habitability for the Redemption of Billions NASA NASA NASA/Hubble/STScI/AURA Some Earth features needed for billions to be redeemed 1. end of a
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Habitability for the Redemption of Billions
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Some Earth features needed for billions to be redeemed
- 1. end of a fine-tuned ice age cycle
- 2. exactly middle-aged Sun
- 3. extreme climate stability
NAU
800 600 400 200 0
tthousands of years ago
Ice Age Cycle
2 4 ° F 10% ice 20% ice
Why we need an ice age cycle
Melting glaciers water the soil-rich plains.
North Pole
Solar Flare Activity
NASA/JPL-Caltech
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sun’s age (billions of years)
activity level
Flaring minimum occurs when Sun = 4.57 billion years old. Extreme luminosity stability lasts <100,000 years.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Solar Stability
0 1 2 3 4 5 Sun’s age (billions of years)
Hugh Ross
100%
90%
80%
Solar Luminosity
#1
South Pole
#1
#2
!
#3
#4
#4
#5
22 cm/year
800 600 400 200 0
tthousands of years ago
Ice Age Cycle
2 4 ° F 10% ice 20% ice
Orbital & Rotational Cycles
eccentricity variation 100,000 yr rotation axis tilt variation 41,000 yr
400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0
years ago
80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0
years ago
63 59 55 51
global mean temperature °F
47 43 39
80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0
years ago
63 59 55 51
global mean temperature °F
47 43 39
80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0
years ago
63 59 55 51
global mean temperature °F
47 43 39
Before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language …
Revelation 7:9
Before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language …
Revelation 7:9
NASA/Hubble/STScI/AURA
4 5 Sun’s age (billions of years)
Hugh Ross
103%
100%
97%