SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME UP WITH THEIR OWN THEORIES ABOUT WHERE THEY THINK THE EARTH GOT ITS WATER FROM. I HAVE MY OWN THEORY BUT BEFORE I GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT IT IS, I FIRST WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THAT I WAS THE FIRST PERSON ON THE EARTH WHO THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THEORY AND I HAVE KNOW THIS FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS AND I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED AND ALSO IMPRESSED IF ANYONE CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER THEORY THAN MINE. I WILL NOW TELL YOU MY THEORY AND IT IS VERY LONG AND DETAILED. WHEN THE EARTH WAS FIRST FORMED IT WAS REALLY HOT AND THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ON THE SURFACE OF IT WAS LAVA FROM ACTIVE VOLCANOES, AT THE SAME TIME THE MOON WAS SO MUCH CLOSER TO THE EARTH THAN IT IS AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND BECAUSE OF THIS THE MOON WAS CAUSING THE EARTH TO ROTATE FASTER THAN IT DOES NOW AND IT ONLY HAD A 5 HOUR DAY COMPARED TO 24 HOURS. GRADUALLY OVER BILLIONS OF YEARS THE MOON STARTED TO MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE EARTH AND IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE EARTH GOT ITS FIRST AND MAIN SUPPLY OF WATER FROM. AS THE MOON WAS LOSING ITS WATER ITS WAS ALSO LOSING ALOT OF ITS WEIGHT AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WATER IS VERY HEAVY AND BECAUSE OF THIS IT FORCED THE MOON TO BECOME FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE EARTH UNTIL IT HAD LOST ENOUGH WATER SO THAT THE EARTH WOULD BE CAPABLE OF SOMEDAY SUPPORTING THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF LIFE. WHEN THE MOON BECAME FURTHER AWAY IT MADE THE EARTH STOP ROTATING AS FAST AND EVENTUALLY IT HAD GOT TO THE POINT THAT THE EARTH NOW HAS A 24 HOUR DAY. THIS SEEMS TO ME THE ONLY AND ALSO THE BEST THEORY TO EXPLAIN HOW THE EARTH BECAME COVERED WITH OVER 70% OF WATER AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WHO READ THIS LIKE THIS THEORY AND POST COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR OWN THEORIES. THANKS FOR READING THIS POST XXXX