I was standing in my backyard in suburban Ohio, sipping coffee and scrolling through my phone, when the world as we knew it shifted forever. At first, I thought it was a trick of the light or some weird weather phenomenon. But

within minutes, the entire sky transformed into a breathtaking, impossible shade of violet. Not purple. Not lavender. A deep, glowing violet that made everything underneath it look like it belonged in a dream — or a nightmare. Phones started ringing. Social media exploded. And by the end o…

within minutes, the entire sky transformed into a breathtaking, impossible shade of violet. Not purple. Not lavender. A deep, glowing violet that made everything underneath it look like it belonged in a dream — or a nightmare. Phones started ringing. Social media exploded. And by the end o…