Air balloons fly over the village of Zermatt , Switzerland, backdropped by the Matterhorn peak, Sept. 19, 2003 during celebration of the 100th birthday of the first takeoff in Zermatt of famous captain Edouard Spelterini (1852-1931) ride over the Swiss alps. At 14,690 feet (4,478 meters), the Matterhorn is not even the highest mountain in Switzerland _ but it surely is the most photogenic, rising up on four elegant faces to a craggy peak along the Swiss-Italian border. (AP Photo/Keystone,Olivier Maire) .
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