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Crossing the Isthmus of Panama Via The Panama Canal

The Panama canal is a lock-type canal, approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) long, that unites the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at one of the narrowest points of both the Isthmus of Panama and the American Continent. The Canal officially opened its doors to international trade on August 15, 1914, and since then, more than 942,000 vessels have transited the waterway. The Canal's three sets of locks, each of which has two lanes, operate as water lifts to elevate ships 26 meters above sea level to the level of Gatun Lake, in their transit of the channel across the continental Divide, and then lower them back to sea level on the opposite side of the Isthmus.
The 12.6 km Gaillard Cut is the narrowest stretch in the Panama Canal and represents 15 percent of the waterway's total length. The Cut, extending from Pedro Miguel Locks to Gamboa, crosses the Continental Divide.
We crossed from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. It was a great experience!!
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Traversing The Panama Canal From The Caribbean to the Pacific - Gatun Lake
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Traversing The Panama Canal From The Caribbean to the Pacific - Gatun Lake

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  • CANAL DE PANAMA
  • CHAMBER TWO AND THREE OF THE GATUN LOCKS LEADING TO GATUN LAKE
  • LOCOMOTIVES HOLDING A CONTAINER SHIP IN POSITION IN THE GATUN LOCKS
  • Entering Gatun Lake after clearing the locks - 4:33 PM
  • Leaving the Gatun Locks - 4:35 PM
  • A New Day - Sunrise on Gatun Lake - 9/7/2009 6:20 AM
  • Sunrise - Gatun Lake
  • Beginning of the Day - Gatun Lake
  • Sunrise In Panama - Gatun Lake
  • Sunrise On Lake Gatun - B & W IR
  • Sunrise - Lake Gatun - B & W IR
  • Sunrise on Gatun Lake
  • Sunrise On Gatun Lake
  • Sunrise on Gatun Lake, September 7th
  • Sunrise - Lake Gatun - B & W
  • Sunrise On A Cloudy Morning -  9/7/2009 at 7:00 AM - Gatun Lake - B & W IR
  • The Launch Bringing The Pilot
  • The Pilot Comes Aboard
  • Traversing The Panama Canal From The Caribbean to the Pacific - Gatun Lake
  • Traffic Moving Through The Panama Canal - Gatun Lake
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