North Texans catch rare northern lights, with a second chance Wednesday

We may be under southern skies, but you wouldn’t have known it last night. North Texans were treated to a rare surprise: the northern lights, glowing brightly in shades of pink across the sky.

For many, it was a once-in-a-lifetime sight right in their own backyards.

“I was standing right about here, and you could see the pink over the tops of the trees,” said Amanda Gatlin, who witnessed the lights from her home in Keller. “The sky had a pink haze to it. I pulled it up on my camera, and it just lit up… it was beautiful. My kids and I have been wanting to see this forever.”…

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