Existence of Noah's Ark

I think I see what you are trying to say. You feel that the water could reach space, boil in the low pressure environment, and then transfer heat into space. Correct me if I'm wrong.Space can be thought of as an insulator. Because it is very nearly a vacuum, there is very little material for the heat to flow into and be carried away. That isn't to say that space around the Earth and other planets is completely empty, there are detectable, tenuous gases far above the surface of the Earth, but these are at such low concentration that they don't really have much effect.My point is that space could not transfer a significant amount of heat out of the Earth's atmosphere in the case of condensation after a global flood of the type written of in the Old Testament. It is not unreasonable to assume that it never happened, due to the lack of evidence anyway.Edit: I've thought of an analogy. Think of a Thermos bottle. It is composed of two metal layers, with a vacuum in between. If you pour hot coffee into the Thermos bottle, it will stay warm, because there is no medium to carry the heat from the hot metal inside to the outer layer of metal. (What little heat does escape goes through the lid, which is not a perfect seal and allows some heat transfer.) So it is with the Earth. Heat cannot escape because it can't cross a vacuum.This message has been edited by Gary, 10-05-2004 07:30 PM

Good point. I have to think about this.The atmosphere on Earth, not just the clouds specifically, does hold in heat at night, moderating the temperatures. So some heat escapes into space. I am no expert on this, but it could be that infrared light radiates from warm areas on the Earth, and the atmosphere absorbs this energy. Only some of the infrared light escapes through the atmosphere. Maybe someone who knows more about the subject than me could explain more accurately, if I am wrong.Now on the moon, there is no atmosphere to absorb the energy from the infrared light coming off the warm parts of the moon during the night. By the same logic as on Earth, infrared light is produced by the warm parts of the Moon. But without an atmosphere, the light just goes off into space. That effect might cool the dark side of the moon. This is just what I think would happen, I'm not saying this is backed up by anything, its just a hypothesis. It would be nice if someone else could confirm this or tell me I'm wrong. I'd do some research on it, but I have an ecology test to study for tommorow morning.Also: About it being warmer on cloudy nights: Maybe it is a little warmer on cloudy nights, but it also gets more humid, and the pressure drops a little bit. So sweat doesn't evaporate as fast, and you feel hotter. It might be a combination of a few different factors.