How can it be that to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific you travel east? Or from the Pacific to the Atlantic you travel west? Take a look at the maps and you can see that when the canal was constructed over the narrowest portion of Panama, the route taken was just that! The closeup shows the area by the canal clearly. Click on the link in the title and watch the Miraflores Locks LIVE!
That explains it. It's like being in Provincetown, MA and watching the sun set into the ocean.
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