The Truth about RAIN During the first 1656 years that the earth existed, there was not one drop of rain that fell from the sky!  In fact, mists (or geysers) came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground, which produced an abundance of lush vegetation.  The first rains descended on the earth seven days after Noah entered the Ark, and continued for forty days and forty nights, caused by great explosions of water from under the earths crust, and from the collapse of a water vapor canopy which surrounded the pre-flood earth.  This was, in antiquity, approximately 2460 BC.  Our current weather regime was formed at this time by a tilting of the earth on its axis during those diverse, cataclysmic events which gave birth to the Great Flood... You can learn more about this most significant geophysical event by hiking the Lake Trail at this website, day hike #2, Water's Wonders. A most interesting and truly informative writing on the subject is a book by Alfred M Rehwinkel, titled, The Flood. Click on the compass to return to the Discovery Trail Home Page