Photos By Date| Panama City and the Panama Canal | 1 | 2 |
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Miraflores Locks — The entrance to the first set of locks on the canal, Miraflores Locks. You can see how the approximately 197 million liters of water has been drained from the area on the left, as it prepares to take in a ship or two from the Pacific Ocean. |
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Ship Passing Miraflores Locks — Two locomotives position themselves at the back of a ship to help propel it through the lock, while two more assist at the front. Ships use their own propulsion through most of the canal, but the locomotives are used in the entryways and exitways of the locks to help it stay on a straight course. |
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Ship Passing Miraflores Locks — The rest of the giant cargo ship passing through the locks, one of the approximately 13000-14000 that go through each year. |
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Erin and the Araucaria — Erin gives some perspective to the immense size of the ships passing through Miraflores Locks. Only two locomotives on this ship (both at the rear), since it's quite obviously unladen. |
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Keith in Old Locomotive — Keith stands in the doorway of an old, retired locomotive used to pull ships through the locks. A monstrous cargo ship passes through in the background. |
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Keith in Old Locomotive — Big boys have to play with big toys.... |
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Downtown Skyline — Erin poses in front of a small cross-section of the downtown Panama City skyline. |
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Bahia de Panama and Bridge — Recreational sailboats lay dormant on the gulf of Panama, with the Bridge of the Americas in the background. |
