Photo Essay • The Panama Canal

Photographic impressions from travels near and far…

One of cruising’s great experiences is transiting the Panama Canal. Over one hundred years old the canal remains one of mans greatest engineering accomplishments. Coming into the canal ships are lifted eighty-five feet above sea level by a series of locks to Lake Gaton. After transiting the lake ships are again lowered to sea level by more locks.

The Porch of the Maidens on the Acropolis stands watch above modern Athens

Lake Gaton

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