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At 4,228 metres Castor (on the left) is the higher of the two peaks, its brother Pollux being 4,092 metres. The mountains are named for the Gemini twins of Roman
mythology. This image was made from a lookout at the very peak of the Gornergrat behind the hotel, which afforded a full 360° panorama of towering peaks, and
vertiginous drops into glacier-filled valleys.
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