In my entire lifetime I may not be able to go to Panama and experience this, but darn, I'm glad this video exists, the process of crossing is truly amazing! An engineer wonder

0:40 boat on the left died.

It's videos like these that make me glad the internet exists.

The only thing that would have made this video better was a small map overlay with a dot showing how the ship is crossing over.

They should put a big ass sign that says "Welcome To The Atlantic" and vice versa the other side!

I didn't know a video with no sound could be this satisfying.

6:00 i love that two small ships using the same canal with this ship, and they just cant wait to rush out like my dogs before daily walk

over 40 years at sea and transiting the Panama canal was always one of the highlights of my career.

this was actually really cool to watch

the clouds .

Those tug boats look like random kids running around in a wedding.😂

The Panama canal is a really impressive feat of engineering. To think that man kind dug a whole river through Panama and created a complex shipping route that the whole world is benefiting now.

I built the Panama Canal by myself. The government covered up everything and took credit. I did it with one of those beach set ups they sell for kids. The plastic bucket, shovel and rake. That’s the tools I used

I'm from Panamá and I'm watching this from the panama canal

0:04 Brigde of the Americas 0:50 Miraflores Locks 1:50 Miraflores lake 2:15 Pedro Miguel Locks 2:55 Centennial Brigde 3:25 Gatun lake 4:30 Gatun Locks

Panama flexing the fact it’s not blocked. UKposts recommendation is the worlds best comedian

I didn’t understand the scale of he boat until I saw the little guy standing in the bow (he’s only there when they are going through the locks)

DUDE, this is the best time lapse video showing the entire journey.

The US actually originally considered building it in Nicaragua because of the lake and the San Juan River which would cut down on the digging required. They even did surveys and plans were pretty much underway. So what made them change to Panama? Enter the French. The French already attempted to build a canal in Panama with the help of Ferdinand de Lesseps who also developed the Suez Canal. Attempt because they tried to build it the exact same way they did in Egypt, it didn't work, thousands of workers died and when he realized how the canal should be built, it was too late. Investments ran out, everyone gave up on it and left...except for one man, Philippe Bunau-Varilla. He wanted to earn big bucks on the canal, and did whatever it took. So he persuaded the US, saying that they'd have to worry about a volcano by distributing a Nicaragua stamp with an eruption to Congress, and it worked. But there was a problem, Panama was Colombian at the time, and while Colombia initially supported the French building the canal, the Colombian senate was now against it. This led to the US and Philippe working together, got Panamanians on their side, and began a revolution to break Panama away. To stop a Colombian response to retake it, the US sent its navy to secure the new country. And of course, the US was the first to recognize Panamanian independence

Suez Canal blocked by a ship. UKposts algorithm be like, "Here, look at our 5 year old Video about Panama Canal."😂

This video needs to be shown in US History classes, even though the Panama Canal is only talked about for 2 minutes. This visual makes it 1 million times more understandable.

The ship at 4:35 - the "Island Princess" (bigger than the ship we're on) shows the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM size of vessel (Panamax) that could traverse the Canal before the new locks were opened :-)

Now You tube would recommend this video after Suez Canal incident 😂😂

00:40 RIP to that person in the paddle boat on the left

Fun Fact for anyone who finds this. All US naval ships have to be thin enough to fit through the Panama Canal

It seems so short on map... but it really ain't

when you realise how big the boat is with the man standing in front

Thanks to your efforts we could witness the complete transit. Thanks a lot.

Just a little reminder to all people watching right now. These are the old locks, the new and wider ones are completely breathtaking

It's counter intuitive that big ships take less time to transit due to displacing more water, requiring less water to equalize the locks. Great video, thank you.

Truly amazing - I'm glad this was recommended to me.

Omg! This video is so cool. Like the next person, I'll probably never get to go to the Panama Canal but watching this video is the next best thing. Thank you so much for allowing me to experience it.

Nice music

Crazy to think they hand made this shit like a hundred years ago

The canal system is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.

I feel peaceful watching this. Thanks for your video!

Tantos comentarios en inglés. Si lo visitas personalmente es el doble de genial. Panamá invirtió y luchó por esto, y ahorita podrá ser lo que sea, pero esto siempre será motivo de orgullo. ¡Que viva mi Panamá!❤❤❤

I never realised how wide parts of this canal actually are! Im sure they were once natural valleys but it’s incredible to think this whole now wet area is entirely man made!

That was great video! Thanks for posting, I was stationed at Howard AFB in 1972-73 and lived in the city. Never saw the Bridge of Americans from this angle but crossed it every day.

I was stationed in Ft Kobbe Panama 12/89-12/90, such a beautiful Country but never had an opportunity to see the canal except from the Bridge of Americas. Thanks for this video Sir.

Cannot begin to imaging the manpower it took to build the Panama Canal.

My father was a Panama Canal pilot from 1959_1985. I got to transit the canal with him several times. Once on the Pacific Princess. Boy things sure have changed

Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for the post!

That was SO cool to watch! Always wondered what it looked like. Thank you!

Never understood lock mechanism till I saw this video...12 hr transit shown in 6 months.. Thanks for the great work...love from India.

This is incredible. A couple months ago we stayed in Panama City and did a time lapse video of a ship going through one of the locks. It’s an impressive operation they have.

Wow... I don't know how this got into my feed, but I appreciate it.!

“You see Captain, this is how canals are *supposed* to work”

Thank you for posting this. So many people will never see it in person.

We went through the canal on a cruise ship when i was 12 on vacation with my family. At the time, I remember being very bored and to a 12 year old it is quite ugly. I wanted to go back to Costa Rica where there were monkeys and banana trees. I am now 33 and thanks to this video and the wonders of the internet, I can truly appreciate the engineering of the canal.

What a coincidence. I just read an advertisement a few days ago about a cruise from California to florida, and I knew they had to go through the Panama canal. And I was thinking about how cool it would be to go through the Panama canal. And two days later, lo and behold, here is this video. I'm about to watch it now and enjoy a accelerated trip through the Panama canal from the Pacific Ocean to the gulf of mexico. How cool. After watching, I never realized how many open areas there were; I thought it was just a narrow straight canal all the way across. Interesting.

One of the coolest vids I've seen on UKposts. Hands down !

I'm watching this 2 time slower, so I can feel how long the gate would open

It is so satisfying to watch these massive ships as they pass through the canal!

I’ve crossed the Panama Canal last year and it’s truly wonderful feeling.

Great stuff! Exactly what I wanted to see. Thanks Steve!!

7 million dollars per day and my country is still bad.

Thank you very much, you brough a very wonderful experience to me!

thank you so much! this video is awesome! Crazy to think this was 11h

Everyone: Pays attention to the time-lapse Me: Seeing the clouds sail in the sky through the video

Man, this ship is fast..

After more then 3 years In my recommendation. Nice video!

This was really amazing! Thanks!

Thank you Mr Panama for digging us this canal

This video has satiated my desire to see the Panama Canal for months on end. Next week I am off on a cruise to experience it first hand. Not sure why, but this system of moving ships fascinates me as if I were a child. The fact is was built in the decade of the 1910's, without computers and modern machinery shows what men (and women) can do when they put their minds to accomplish good for the betterment of the people.

I honestly am blown away by this. It looks so damn pathetically small on a map, but yet this video makes it seem absolutely massive. The fact that this is all artificially made is just mindblowing.

Great video that also shows how the wind affects the ships. Thanks for sharing.

Pretty awesome! Thanks for sharing this!

6:20 When you decide to race someone at the traffic lights.

THAT WAS A FUN TRIP. THANKS!

Que lindo video.. Hermoso.. Eso es el que andaba buscando 10/10. Saludos de Ecuador 🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨

I never would've thought you could transit the Panama Canal in less than 7 minutes!

This was so calming to watch honestly. I wish there was mellow background music though :)

Just watched the documentary on how they built this shit and the entire canal, unbelievable

One of the amazing videos that I have seen so far.

I had no idea this is how it operated. That’s awesome. The cruise ship going through there looked surreal. Hope to experience it like that one day!

Fell asleep twice in the middle of the day watching that. So soothing.

I needed this for my history class thanks

I'm reading a book that mentions the canal and wanted to see it. This was a great tour. Thanks for posting.

Beautiful

Dude, this simply marvelous. You are an angel for filming and uploading this.

I had no idea, this is awesome

Thank you for such a nice trip!!

I thought the ship was small untill I saw people on the front

4:23 *ABSOLUTE UNIT*

What a priviledge to watch. Man at his best!

A real visual experience. Congratulations.

What a great video! Thanks for sharing :)

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.

Superbe vidéo ! Merci

What an amazing feat of engineering! Got to experience the canal passage (from the Pacific to the Atlantic) as birthday gift. Balcony location allowed to us to enjoy the entire 11-hour experience from our room. I will *never* forget that experience. *This video allows me to relive the moments. Thank you!*

Hey my teachers used this video for our class! Its honestly so entertaining to watch lol-

The fact that something this complicated and huge can be made and used with little problems

So cool! Thanks for sharing!

Here in Panama City now watching the cargo ships line up days in advance to get through the canal, the limit is 40 ships a day, 20 from Atlantic 20 from Caribbean, you can’t go see it due to covid so thank you for this video

It’s just awesome 👏

This adds a whole lot of perspective to my old history classes. Out of curiosity, does the direction of transit reverse occasionally? It looks like all 3 lanes go the same way.

The thing I really love about this interconnected world today: I can take this video, watch the encapsulated moment from the viewpoint of a ship actually traversing the Panama Canal, and then I can go boot up Google Earth, zoom way in on Panama, and actually chart the course you took through the locks and reservoir, and see satellite images of the exact same places, but from a geological perspective. If like, a teacher had simply shown this video and booted up Google maps, I would have cared significantly more about geography and history when I was actually in school.

Outstanding application of fluid mechanics concept in making this waterway.Power of Engineer 🔥💪

This was amazing!!! thank you , thank you , thank you!!!