Panama Canal, Panama
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The Panama Canal only took ten years, $382 million and a near miracle to complete. From conception to construction, the project changed hands several times over the course of 400 years, resulting in a magnificent final product that over 13,000 ships conveniently pass through each year. |
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| Row 1 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Entering the Canal from the Caribbean |
| 2 | Pull engines |
| 3 | "Harvest Sun" will parallel us through the canal |
| 4 | More "mules" |
| 5 | 1st Gatun Lock opening |
| 6 | 1st Gatun Lock closing |
| Row 2 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | View from our Balcony |
| 2 | Gatun Lock filling |
| 3 | Gatun lock filled |
| 4 | Next stage doors opening |
| 5 | Ship entering 2nd Gatun Lock |
| 6 | Sandy on our Balcony |
| Row 3 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3rd Gatun Lock ahead |
| 2 | 3rd Gatun Lock draining |
| 3 | 3rd Gatun lock low |
| 4 | 3rd Gatun lock ready for Harvest Sun |
| 5 | Harvest Sun leaving 2nd Lock |
| 6 | South Side of Canal |
| Row 4 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Panoramic of south side |
| 2 | Gatun Lake |
| 3 | Ships waiting for Gatun Locks |
| 4 | Gatun Lake |
| 5 | Island Princess leaving Gatun Locks |
| 6 | Harvest Sun |
| Row 5 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gatun Lake |
| 2 | Gatun Lake |
| 3 | Approaching Pedro Miguel Lock |
| 4 | Panoramic of Pedro Miguel Lock |
| 5 | Harvest Sun Leaving PM Lock |
| 6 | Drained PM Lock |
| Row 6 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Miguel Lock |
| 2 | New Canal bypass of PM Lock |
| 3 | 1st Miraflores Lock |
| 4 | Looking back on entrance to Miraflores Lock |
| 5 | 2nd Miraflores Lock |
| 6 | Harvest Sun enter 3rd MF Lock |
| Row 7 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Harvest Sun Leaving 3rd MF Lock |
| 2 | 3rd MF Lock resetting |
| 3 | Looking back at Miraflores Lock |
| 4 | Looking back at Miraflores Lock |
| 5 | Panoramic of new Miraflores Locks |
| 6 | Construction of new MF Locks |
| Row 8 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Construction of new MF Locks |
| 2 | Construction of new MF Locks |
| 3 | Construction of new MF Locks |
| 4 | Construction of new MF Locks |
| 5 | Construction of new MF Locks |
| 6 | Construction of new MF Locks |
| Row 9 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pacific Ocean looking back at the coast of Panama |
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