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Panama |
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Colon |
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Ships waiting to enter the Panama Canal off the coast of Colon. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Colon |
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The entrance to the Panama Canal. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Colon |
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Dredger. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Colon |
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Pilot boats. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Colon |
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Colon docks. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Colon |
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The sea near Colon is a very busy shipping area. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portobello is a village on the Caribbean coast of Panama. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Sea food (and bread) stall. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Boat repair yard. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Wooden house. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Village street. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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The Church of San Filipe dates from 1814. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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The Church of San Filipe is famous for its Black Christ. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
Drake Island |
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The island of Drake is named after Frances Drake, a British pirate. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
Drake Island |
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Frances Drake is buried here after dying of dysentry in 1596. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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Portobello Fort is 35km from Colon . |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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The fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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The fort was attacked by several British pirates including Frances Drake and Henry Morgan. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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The present village is built among the ruins. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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Portobello (Italian for beautiful port) was named by Christopher Columbus in 1502. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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The fort protected a major port used by the Spanish for transferring gold from Peru. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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Santiago Battery is a series of cannons on two levels dating from 1760. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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The fort was destroyed in 1739 by Edward Vernon. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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After the British victory over the fort a street in London was renamed Portobello Road. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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Custom House is next to the village. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portobello Fort |
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The Custom House beyond a row of cannons. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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The fort overlooks a bay. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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Fort of Santiago de la Gloria. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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San Geronimo Battery. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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Living quarters. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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The guard house. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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View inside the fort. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Portobello |
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Portabello Fort |
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Buzzards. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Ship passing through the the Panama Canal. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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The Canal was opened in 1914 and is 82km long. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Bouys mark a channel 152m wide and dedgers keep a depth of 12m clear at all times. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Huge lights keep the canal open 24 hours a day. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Ships take nearly 12 hours to pass through the canal. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
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Lake Gatun was formed by damming the Chagres River in 1907. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
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The lake took seven years to fill the valley and is now part of the Panama Canal. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
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Green banks of the lake. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
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Settlements by the lake. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
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Buoys mark the route of the canal along the wide lake. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
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Dramatic landscape. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
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Misty hills. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Barro Colorado is the largest island on Lake Gatun. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The island was originally a 165m hill but the rising waters of the lake left an island 4.8km across and 140m high. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The island is a research station run by the Smithsonian Institute. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The island has 310 bird species, 65 mammals, 58 reptiles, 32 amphibians and countless invertebrates. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The island has 1300 species of plant. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Azrec ants' nest. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Helicona. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Blister Beetle. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Spider with diaphanous web. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Aguti, a type of rodent only found in the Americas. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Howler monkey. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Ceboa tree, sacred to the Mayans. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Venus cups are fungi. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Bullet ant. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Barigon tree with vine. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Puff fungus. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Square trunked tree. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Cycaide moult. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The cuipo tree is large and wide. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The cuipo tree has rings on its bark. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Black and white fungus. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The strangler tree takes 100 years to kill its host tree. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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A tree that has been attacked by weevil. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Flat orange fungus. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Daddy long legs fungus. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The passi beetle was discovered in the 1990s. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Toad that resembles a dead leaf. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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The lesser anteater. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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Flycatcher on the boat landing dock. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Lake Gatun |
Barro Colorado |
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View of the lake from the island. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Canal-side settlements. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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The canal is 82km long and is very picturesque. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Pedro Miguel Locks |
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Pedro Miguel Locks is 1.3km long and is one of three along the Canal. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Pedro Miguel Locks |
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The locks lower or raise ships 9m in a single step. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Pedro Miguel Locks |
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An Indian ship descending. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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The central region of the Panama Canal. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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The canal passes through tropical rainforest. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Fishing boat. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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The canal is one of the busiest waterways in the world. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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Miraflres is a two step lock 144km from the Pacific Ocean. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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The control building of Miraflores Locks. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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The locks can hold ships 32m wide, 294m long and 12m deep. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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Locomotive used to pilot ships through the lock. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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Each of the two locks raises or lowers a ship by 8.5m. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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A Greek ship being pulled into the locks from the Pacific side. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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It takes ten minutes to raise the ship by 8.5m. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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Ship leaving the locks after being raised. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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The empty lock. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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The lock full of water. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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Peruvian ship entering the lock from the Atlantic side. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
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Miraflores Locks |
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Smaller boat. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
Panama City |
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The entrance of the Panama Canal near Panama City. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
Panama City |
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Ships and docks along the canal. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
Panama City |
Balboa |
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The docks of the Panama Canal are in a suburb of Panama City called Balboa. |
1995 |
Panama |
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Panama Canal |
Panama City |
Balboa |
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The dock area. |
1995 |