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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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Through the Gaillard Cut Toward the Pedro Miguel Locks
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Through the Gaillard Cut Toward the Pedro Miguel Locks

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  • The Shipping Lane Crossing Gatun Lake - The Panama Canal
  • Loaded Container Ship Passing Through the Panama Canal
  • Looking Toward the Gaillard Cut from Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal
  • Moving Through the Gaillard Cut Toward the Pedro Miguel Locks
  • Through the Gaillard Cut Toward the Pedro Miguel Locks
  • Looking Under The Centennial Bridge Toward The Pedro Miguel Locks
  • Passing Under the Centennial Bridge
  • The Flag of the Republic of Panama and the Centennial Bridge
  • Looking Back Into The Gaillard Cut through the Centennial Bridge
  • Entering the Pedro Miguel Locks
  • Looking through the bridge.  Captain Rojas guiding the Discovery through the Pedro Miguel Locks from the controls on the starboard side of the boat.  The locks are reflected in the glass on the bridge.
  • Captain Rojas with the pilot guiding the Discovery through the Pedro Miguel Locks
  • The locomotives guiding the Bellona into the Pedro Miguel Locks
  • The locomotives guiding the Bellona
  • The Bellona following us into the Pedro Miguel Locks
  • The locomotives guiding the Bellona into position in the Lock.
  • The Bellona following us into the Lock.  Not much clearence on either side.
  • The north end of the Pedro Miguel Locks.  Ships drop close to nine meters in a single step.
  • The landscape around the Pedro Miguel Locks
  • Cables on the locomitives holding the Bellona in place in the Pedro Miguel Locks
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