Oxygen ornaments

These Christmas tree ornaments at the Shops at <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100501730000" title="Kenilworth" href="/topic/us/illinois/cook-county/kenilworth-PLGEO100100501730000.topic">Kenilworth</a> are made from oxygen cylinders discarded on Mount Everest; part of the cost goes to the Everest cleanup campaign.

( Baltimore Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam / December 22, 2009 )

These Christmas tree ornaments at the Shops at Kenilworth are made from oxygen cylinders discarded on Mount Everest; part of the cost goes to the Everest cleanup campaign.

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