Title: Massive Ships Dropping Down The Panama Canal
Location: Gatun Locks, Colón, Colón Province, Panama, Central America (9°17’39” N 79°55’14” W)
Description: I’ve been on the 8 or so locks on the Columbia and Snake Rivers through Washington and Oregon, but it still amazes and baffles me that such large ships can, fairly simply, transit the Panama Canal.
This shot is looking up the ‘old’ locks at Gatun Lake with one ship exiting into the Caribbean Sea (on right) and the second getting ready to enter the second of three chambers. The total drop of all three locks is 85′, as tall as some of these ships.
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| Camera | Canon 7D Mark II |
| Lens | Canon 28-300mm L |
| ISO | 500 |
| Focal Length | 250mm |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
| Shutter Speed | 1/1600 |
| Altitude | Sea Level |
Photograph Copyright 2017 Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email).
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