The Gatun Locks - the Cruiseship behind us
The Panama Canal locks which lift ships up 25.9 m (85 ft) to the main elevation of the Panama Canal, were one of the greatest engineering works ever to be undertaken at the time.The total length of the lock structures, including the approach walls, is over 3 kilometres (nearly two miles). The locks, which have a total of six steps, limit the maximum size of ships which can transit the canal. Each of these steps has two lock chambers, doubling the amount of traffic that can be handled; together they raise ships from sea level to a height of 25.9 m (85 ft).
There are three sets of locks in the canal. A two-step flight at Miraflores, and a single flight at Pedro Miguel, lift ships from the Pacific up to Lake Gatun; then a triple flight at Gatun lowers them to the Atlantic side.
So much information in Wikipedia - this is just a small quote from it.
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All my photos are taken from various levels of our ship where I ran around trying to find the best angles.
Thank you for all your visits and appreciative comments !!!!
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| Camera | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi |
| Lens | Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM |
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| Exposure time | 1/160 |
| Focus length | 18.0 mm |
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Jürg Scherrer 03/07/2011 22:30
an excellent capture, as all the others of the Panama Canal. My Compliments!Many thanks also for your today's comments.
Best greetings and wishes from Pavia
Jürg
Elisa M 29/06/2011 16:16
Una excelente fotografía Adele, resulta impresionante contemplar la dimensión de ese trasatlántico.Franzi48 28/06/2011 18:36
Wow, fantastisch++Lg Franzi
José Ramón Miguel 27/06/2011 23:20
Un gran encuadre en la esclusa, excelente el colorido de la imagen y una sensación de gran tamaño en el barco.Un abrazo. Ramón
Sally Dunn 27/06/2011 9:04
It looks like it is too big and will get stuck on the sides!!! It is certainly a tight squeeze and I wouldn't like to be the navigator who has to man-over that vessel into there! It is incredible to see it though Adele, I wouldn't have thought it possible! I expect it caused a ripple of excitement on the ship when you went through!Hugs
Sally
montse suarez-noguerol 26/06/2011 21:07
Se notan tus distintas alturas en las fotos..jajaja pero como siempre son excelentes...gracias Adele!!! un abrazoSilvia Simonato. 26/06/2011 14:50
Gran toma del Canal de Panamá, parece increíble que tremendos barcos pasen por ahí!!!!Saludos Silvia
nickzantop 26/06/2011 1:20
very cool! Tight squeeze!DRAGA PUC 26/06/2011 1:10
top!! Great indeed.d
Tatjana Puc Kous 26/06/2011 0:53
Fantastic view! From wher did you take a picInge Striedinger 25/06/2011 22:22
Beachtliche Perspektive! Hier seh ich auch die Aussichtswarte der Vögel :-)greetings, Inge
viola d 25/06/2011 20:48
Oooooh....This is a sigh of my appreciation:))
MICHAEL stüben 25/06/2011 17:04
Was sagts Du Adele nach dem Du die Passage gemacht hast.....? muss man machen .... LG MichaelClaudio Micheli 25/06/2011 16:49
Interessante e molto bella!Ciao!
Deryck 25/06/2011 16:44
You did a wonderful job here! I find this most interesting, especially from an engineering point of view. This must have been a wonderful trip to makeExcellent shot and information
Deryck