The Ark Encounter
It is indeed an amazing place. Build on 800 acres at a cost of $100 million (all privately funded), it took 12 years to build. The ship (boat) is all wood, contains 1.5 million board feet of wood, with huge trees, and large beams throughout. Many of the large trees are from Utah forests with Amish craftsmen to direct the construction.
This is HUGE!
1 1/2 football fields long, 1/2 football field wide, and 5 stories high.
Genesis 6-10
This process was for snakes and reptiles
The displays of the animals are amazing - the process to create them is painstaking and creates such lifelike models. Also included are the sounds of the animals as you walk through.
They use actual hair in these models.
Noah developed possible systems for fresh water, ventilation, fresh air and light.
Since the Bible doesn't state details other than the dimensions of the boat,
scientists and engineers have taken some "ark-tistic" licensing in their theories of how these things could be accomplished.
How they could keep all 6000 or so animals kept and cared for is something I have never thought about very much.
The living quarters are so lifelike.
Bedroom
Kitchen
Growing what you need -
I guess it would be the original organic method of farming!
Weaving the clothing
At the end of the year when the land dried sufficiently, Noah releases the dove.
And God promises to never destroy the earth by water again.
The Rainbow Covenant
Genesis 9:11
"---never again will flood waters kill all living creatures, never again will a flood destroy the earth"
A VERY worthwhile experience!
