A rare aurora borealis turning the sky above the Matterhorn mountain red could be seen on Tuesday, November 12, in Italy's Aosta Valley. Reuters was able to verify the location with the shape of the roof and the outline of the mountains that matched the file and satellite imagery of the area. The date was verified by local news and weather reports. The rare northern lights seen across Europe were caused by a G4 geomagnetic storm, local media reported. (Production: Monica Naime, Eva Weininger) |

North Texans were greeted with a rare sight on Tuesday night, November 11, as a stunning aurora borealis caused by a powerful solar eruption glowed in the night sky. Fort Worth photographer Matt Lantz captured the dancing geometric storm, which had made its way down to parts of the US that normally don’t see the northern lights. According to the NOAA, a geomagnetic storm is a significant disturbance of Earth’s magnetosphere that occurs when energy from the solar wind is exchanged into the space