Panama Canal

Vertical

Fossils and sediment layers exposed during ongoing maintenance of the Panama Canal hold clues to when the Central American peninsula merged with South America to form the isthmus of Panama.

Horizontal

Fossils and sediment layers exposed during ongoing maintenance of the Panama Canal hold clues to when the Central American peninsula merged with South America to form the isthmus of Panama.

Thumb

Fossils and sediment layers exposed during ongoing maintenance of the Panama Canal hold clues to when the Central American peninsula merged with South America to form the isthmus of Panama.

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