Brighty the Burro Nightlight Lithophane

By themadgardener , 18 July 2025
Brighty the Burro Large
Brighty the Burro Small

A nightlight Lithophane that depicts Brighty the Burro that was displayed at North Rim's Grand Canyon Lodge. The lodge was destroyed and the statue sustained significant damage due to a wild fire on July 12, 2025, own a piece of history by simply downloading and printing it out!

There are two versions available large (126 mm X 52 mm X 170 mm) and small (63 mm X 49.7 mm X 104.7 mm) .

You can download the STLs from either Printables or Thingiverse  and you can print it out on your own (many public libraries have 3D printers).

History of the Grand Canyon, including the lodge can be found at the Grand Canyon Historical Society 

Click here to Donate to the effort to support the North Rim Recovery.

There is a great kid's story, Brighty of the Grand Canyon (Marguerite Henry Horseshoe Library, available on Amazon!

Have your own 3D printer, a friend with one, or even your local library? You are in luck! I am making the STLs for these available both via Printables and Thingiverse so that anyone can print these out on their own. My goal is to help spread the word about our National Parks and the need to contact our representatives and let them know we need to protect these parks both today and generations to come! Please do leave a tip via PayPal or Buy Me a Coffee that will support my time, effort, and material for creating these! I will be donating 50% of net tips given to this model to the Grand Canyon Disaster Relief Effort - please do indicate, when tipping, that it is for this model!


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