Panama canal

26 January 2013
  • as we approach the first of the Gatun locks : 2013 Holidays, Holidays, Night photos, Other, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • the crew in the rowing boat are ready to catch the heaving lines from our ship to attach to the mules : 2013 Holidays, Holidays, Night photos, Other, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • entering the lock : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Night photos, Other, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • one of the mules in control of the Queen Victoria : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • bystander ! : 2013 Holidays, Birds, Holidays, Nature, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013, birds
  • we were accompanied by a container ship running a few minutes behind us - everything is timetabled : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • P1000491 : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • huge lock gates : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • the first lock control tower : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • me ! : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Family, Holidays, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, People, Places, Tony, World Cruise 2013
  • ship's photographers : 2013 Holidays, Holidays, MS Queen Victoria, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • Sue ! : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Family, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, People, Places, Sue, World Cruise 2013
  • the mules use rack and pinion to climb fairly steep inclines to match the ship rising in the lock : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • the following container ship : 2013 Holidays, Boats and ships, Holidays, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • ships waiting to go towards the Atlantic ocean : 2013 Holidays, Boats and ships, Holidays, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • until recently this was the largest man made lake in the world : 2013 Holidays, Holidays, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • nature has occupied the made made spaces : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • one of the dredgers working to enlarge to canal to take the new super container ships : 2013 Holidays, Holidays, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • I have no idea what these are - I just like the shape : 2013 Holidays, Holidays, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • the terraces to try and control land slips : 2013 Holidays, Holidays, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • one coming the other way : 2013 Holidays, Boats and ships, Holidays, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • these barges use dynamite to blast the bedrock to deepen the canal channels : 2013 Holidays, Boats and ships, Holidays, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • L1080165 : 2013 Holidays, Boats and ships, Holidays, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • the Centenniel bridge : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • a tug in attendance in the channel : 2013 Holidays, Boats and ships, Holidays, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • L1080194 : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • locks on the way down : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • this gives some idea of the depth of water in each lock - about 36 feet : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • the look out on one of the mules : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • the bridge of Queen Victoria - the Captain and the pilot are on the left of the bridge although they are not visible in the photo : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, MS Queen Victoria, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • L1080208 : 2013 Holidays, Boats and ships, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • L1080211 : 2013 Holidays, Boats and ships, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Places, Transport, World Cruise 2013
  • water release into the lock - its takes around 26,000 gallons to move a ship through each lock : 2013 Holidays, Canals, Holidays, Locks & weirs, Mountians Rivers and waterways, Panama, Panama Canal, Places, World Cruise 2013
  • another bystander ! : 2013 Holidays, Birds, Holidays, Nature, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013, birds
  • Bridge of the Americas : 2013 Holidays, Buildings, Holidays, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013, bridge
  • L1080272 : 2013 Holidays, Birds, Holidays, Nature, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013, birds
  • L1080273 : 2013 Holidays, Birds, Holidays, Nature, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013, birds
  • now in the pacific ocean, these ships are waiting to enter the canal to tranfer to the Atlantic ocean : 2013 Holidays, Holidays, Panama, Places, World Cruise 2013