The skies across Texas Thursday night were set ablaze with the pink and purple hues of the northern lights as the sun sent out massive solar flares. Usually, the northern lights – whose scientific name is the aurora borealis – are only visible in Iceland, Canada or other far-flung northern locations. However, due to stronger-than-usual solar activity on Thursday, people as far south as the Florida Keys had front-row seats to one of nature's greatest shows.