Death Valley and Water in Space

Just the other day, Lisa Myworries had a day off from supervising the Winkie Guards at the Darwin Ranch and saddled up for some riding. She said she had no plan, just let the pony have its head and then slow down. Eventually, she ended up at my place and wanted to talk for a spell.

Our chin music turned to Death Valley, of all things. Because of mountains, winds, and other conditions, it is a very hot desert with almost no water. As it is with other extremes (like the polar regions), life still exists there.

Death Valley, Unsplash / Nick Rickert

It is generally accepted that the key to life is water — liquid water. Excited news reports pop up every now and then that some form of ice may exist on some planets or their moons, therefore life may have evolved there. No. It's form isn't much help. There is ice in craters on the moon, but actually obtaining it would be almost insurmountable. Water on Mars would not last for long. The more we study on it, the more it is obvious that the Creator designed Earth to be inhabited. Secularists have no reasonable hope for life and liquid water to exist out yonder.

Earth’s harshest landscapes – from scorching deserts to frozen tundra – all support life. Meanwhile, space exploration has spent decades seeking ways to extract liquid water beyond our atmosphere, with little success. In a recent compelling article published in Nature Water journal, Chang Liu and colleagues demonstrated how a simple, yet innovative device enabled them to extract “a glassful of clean water from the bone-dry air of Death Valley in California” daily – a location where humidity can reach as low as 5%.”

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