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What did the earth originally look like?

Genesis 1:2, 9 Describes the ancient earth as "formless and desolate," covered in water.

That description is echoed by modern scientific findings. Biologist Patrick Shih says that our planet started with an unbreathable atmosphere devoid of oxygen . . .overall looking more like a science fiction landscape." Astronomy magazine reports: "New research suggests ancient Earth was a water world, with little or no land in sight." 

How did our atmosphere change over time?

Genesis 3:1-5 indicates that when light first began to penetrate the atmosphere, it surface could not have been discernable from the earth's surface. Only later would the sun and the moon have been distinctly visible from the earth. - GENESIS 1:14-18. 

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center says that our atmosphere first allowed only diffused light to reach the earth. It says: "Methane droplets in the air shrouded the young earth in a global haze." Later, "the methane haze cleared and the sky turned blue."

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