The Boston Globe Here’s why some street lights on I-93 — and around Boston — are bright purple Drivers have noticed that lights cast an eerie, purplish haze over the highway.

An FPL spokesperson explained that over time, some LED streetlights in FPL’s service area are emitting a violet or purple hue rather than the standard white light because of a manufacturer defect.

Traditionally, paved roads and pedestrian walkways have been illuminated by streetlights emitting a bright white, orange, or ...

The area’s once yellow lights began turning purple last summer, offering “a very airy vibe, in a cyberpunk sort of way,” said Lovett, 46, the creator and host of the podcast, L.A. in a Minute.

Parts of the western U.S. got to see the aurora borealis early Sunday, and conditions could be good for the eastern U.S. at night, possibly as far south as Alabama.

Easy-going velvet plants like bright light and love being on a sunny windowsill but will need protection from scorching ...

Bright purple lights glowed in the sky over Wantage in Sussex County Thursday night, thanks to a large solar flare that caused the Northern Lights to be seen in New Jersey and many other states ...

In 2023, The Boston Globe reported several of the purple lights in the Massachusetts capital. They’ve also popped up in Vancouver and in parts of Wisconsin, Florida, and California.

This photo from X social media user @jordanr_h shows glowing purple and pink colors from the Northern Lights visible from Manasquan in Monmouth County late Sunday night, Aug. 11, 2024. X user ...

Navajo County posted a surprising photo to their Facebook on Friday showing a bright purple sky over Snowflake, ... "The purple glow is a result of UV lights from nearby medical marijuana farm ...