12/7/11: Transit of Panama Canal

Although I don’t have a single picture from the MV Explorer’s transit of the Panama Canal on Wednesday, I’ve got something even better: 2,315 images strung into a time-lapse of nearly five hours of the eight hour process. I used a tripod-mounted Canon 7D and EF-S 10-22 lens, and shot at 10-second intervals.

It’s clear that the Panama Canal was an amazing achievement for 1912, but it’s hard to grasp how truly astounding an effort it was without actually seeing it. As our circumnavigation of the earth comes to a close several days from now, I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to do experience it.

Enjoy the images!

-Jeff

PS: By the way, the linked source file at YouTube has a higher-resolution version if you’d prefer:

Jeff Warner PHOTOGRAPHIC Panama Canal Time Lapse

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