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For those interested in the Times for Tomorrow's Zuiderdam Panama Canal Transit

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dmwnc1959

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Zuiderdam passing Centennial Bridge en route to the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal

[IMG]http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/data/520/ZuiderdamCentBrindge.jpg[/IMG]

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PathfinderEss

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[SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]dmwnc, what site are you using to get these pictures? I have several but not this one. Thanks for your help. Great pictures of the Zuiderdam.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[quote name='dmwnc1959']Now raised to a higher level, the gate opens for her to proceed into the next chamber

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dmwnc1959

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[quote name='PathfinderEss'][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]dmwnc, what site are you using to get these pictures? I have several but not this one. Thanks for your help. Great pictures of the Zuiderdam.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

For those specific Gatun Locks images this web cam

[url]http://webcams.pancanal.com/webcam/hd-gatun.jpg[/url]
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Entering the Pedro Miguel Locks

[IMG]http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/data/520/Zpm4.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/data/520/Zpm6.jpg[/IMG]

Zuiderdam exits the Pedro Miguel Locks

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Zuiderdam crosses Miraflores Lake in the Panama Canal

[IMG]http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/data/520/ZuiderdamLakeGatun1.jpg[/IMG]

and approaches the Miraflores Locks...

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[SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]Thanks for the other site Dmwnc - now how in the world did you get these, I have no sites that will give me these picture - so asking again Dmwnc which site is this?[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]Great pictues by the way, and thanks for posting.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]


[quote name='dmwnc1959']Entering the Pedro Miguel Locks

[IMG]http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/data/520/Zpm4.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/data/520/Zpm6.jpg[/IMG]

Zuiderdam exits the Pedro Miguel Locks

[IMG]http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/data/520/Zpm7.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
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[quote name='PathfinderEss'][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]Thanks for the other site Dmwnc - now how in the world did you get these, I have no sites that will give me these picture - so asking again Dmwnc which site is this?[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]Great pictues by the way, and thanks for posting.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

The grainy pictures are from [URL=http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html]HERE[/URL] and sometimes they'll swing the cameras around from the [i]Centennial Bridge[/i] and follow the ships into the Pedro Miguel Locks, then point them back at the bridge again.

The other pictures are from a real 'pain in the rear' site that sometimes jams and sticks. It has five pre-set positions that it switches between and it's a real crap shoot in getting lucky and a lot of patience. It can be found [URL=http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/webcams-works.html]HERE[/URL] under Pacific Access Channel (west view HiRes). But it is a difficult camera to work with and try to get webcam grabs, more frustrating that any of the others.
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[SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]Thanks Dmwnc for all your help and for the great pictures. I have one thing interesting that happens when I copy pictures off the [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][URL="http://sunnyfortuna.com/fortunacam/showcams/panama/gatun.htm"][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]Gatun Locks[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B] site, my pictures change just like they do on the site - have you ever had that problem?[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
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[quote name='dmwnc1959']Last one as Zuiderdam exits the Miraflores Locks and heads out...

[IMG]http://pictures.cruisecritic.com/data/520/exit21.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
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Glad I was able to get the web cam grabs and post them for everyone that missed the transit. It was very cool to watch.

[quote name='Typhoon1']I could watch ships transit hundreds of times, and am never bored.[/QUOTE]

I've been posting web cam grabs of full and partial transits of all sorts cruise ships going through the Panama Canal since before 2008. On one web site alone I have posted "61 different cruise ships from 25 different cruise lines or organizations, over three dozen tall ships, sailboats, and racing yachts, and 5 historic US military vessels in tow headed for the scrapyard". Since then I've posted on other sites (including this one) dozens more cruise ships in transit and various scrapyard Navy ships in tow. This thread alone has 32 web cams grabs, multiply that times how many ships I covered. That's a [i]lot[/i] of posts! I must have dedicated over 500 hours in this past time. It really is a lot of fun! :D:D:D
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[quote name='PathfinderEss'][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]Thanks Dmwnc for all your help and for the great pictures. I have one thing interesting that happens when I copy pictures off the [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][URL="http://sunnyfortuna.com/fortunacam/showcams/panama/gatun.htm"][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B]Gatun Locks[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][B] site, my pictures change just like they do on the site - have you ever had that problem?[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred][/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

What you are doing is copying the (embedded) LINK to where that picture is coming from that is being displayed on that particular website, not the [i]actual picture[/i] itself.

On a web site where you have a live streaming image or an image that updates at regular intervals you have to right click on that image and 'Save as...' to 'Desktop' or other folder in your computer, [i]then[/i] download the saved picture to whatever photo album you want. Hope that makes sense.
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Westerdam (April 29th), Statendam (May 2nd), and Amsterdam (May 3rd) are the final Holland-America transits of this season. The next time we will see them again in the Panama Canal is after the Alaska season is over.

April 29th will be a cool day to watch as there will be FOUR ships transiting; one eastbound and three westbound.

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