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The Panama Canal has a lot of activity, and the weather is hot and humid. The canal officially opened August 15, 1914, and more than 942,000 vessels have passed through the waterway.
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Navigational lights for ships.
The cruise ship was near the maximum size allowed for a vessel to pass through the canal.
The locomotives and tugboats are continously busy assisting ships through the canal. The tugs position the ships into the canal and the locomotives guide them through.
A freighter traveling on Gatun lake. This is the lake between the Gatun locks on the Caribbean side and the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks on the Pacific side of the Panama canal.