Time-Lapse Trip Through Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway that bisects Central America and joins the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The 51-mile long canal can accommodate small private yachts to large commercial vessels. A ship sailing from New York to San Francisco via the Panama Canal travels 6,000 miles, less than half the 14,000 mile route around Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America. The United States built the canal, which opened in 1914. An estimated 27,500 workers died during construction, mostly from malaria and yellow fever.
A new time-lapse video compresses the 9-hour journey through the Panama Canal down to just two minutes:
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