https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/texas-northern-lights-18532060.php  

The mesmerizing display of lights dancing in the sky, that normally occurs near the Earth’s North Pole, decided to come south to the Texas Panhandle to pay a visit. On December 1st a severe solar storm brought the aurora borealis, or more commonly known as The Northern Lights, to Amarillo Texas for onlookers to admire. This has been the 3rd sighting seen in Texas this year alone, the months being December, March, and April. 

These beautiful Northern lights are created when charged electrons and protons collide with the gas in the upper atmosphere, creating this light. The reason for the colors is that oxygen gives off green and red lights. During this interaction, flashes occur in sequences giving the illusion that the lights are dancing.  

Usually, you can see the lights more north in America at places such as North Dakota, Northern Washington, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Alaska. The places you can see them outside of the United States include Canada, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and more.  

Although the Northern Lights are beautiful, there are such things as the Southern Lights, also known as the Aurora Australis. Like their Northern Hemisphere counterpart, they both light up the sky in flickering shades of blue, purple, red, and green. The best places to see these lights are Antarctica and Tasmania.