Today, while doing some research for a story, I ended up at the official website for the Panama canal. The website gives the history of the canal, facts and statistics about the canal, and the like. Then I noticed that there was a live webcam on the canal that you can watch. Was I going to sit in my apartment in Chicago and watch the Panama canal live, thousands of miles away? I was.

When I clicked on the link two different cameras came up, one that was showing the Miraflores Locks and one that showed the Gatun Locks. This site really delivered!

Then, below the two cameras was the note:

If you wish to request a change in the Miraflores Locks camera's angle, send an email to aep-osu@pancanal.com. Such requests will be honored as time and circumstances at the Miraflores Locks allow.

Currently, we are not accepting requests for angle changes of the camera at Gatun Locks.

I mean...what is up with the Gatun locks?