Happy Anniversary Finding of Genesis Rock

On this day in 1971, on the second day of the Apollo 15 lunar mission, astronauts dug up a really old rock which, of course, they named "The Genesis Rock"

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Ironically one of the astronauts of Apollo 15, James Irwin, became a Genesis loon: a YEC who hunted for Noah's Ark.

The arc is the only biblical miracle you can see from space. If you look close enough and kind of squint.

Yay, happy Sample #15415 Day! I think we just found what we came for. :)