Gatun Locks Panama Canal
Oct 23rd, 2007 by animals
A ship passing through the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal. The Canal has three sets of locks (Miraflores, Pedro Miguel and Gatun), each of which has two lanes. The locks operate as water lifts which elevate ships in their transit of the channel across the Continental Divide to the level of Gatun Lake, which is 26 meters above sea level, and then lower them back to sea level on the opposite side of the Isthmus.
Photo by lyng883.