Birmingham, United Kingdom - January 08, 2026 Video filmed by X user Fahad captures a vibrant purple-pink sky over a snowy residential road on the evening of January 8, 2026, during Storm Goretti. The dashcam-style footage, taken from inside a moving vehicle, shows snow accumulating on the windshield and hood. The narrow urban street is blanketed in fresh white snow, with tire tracks cutting through the powder. Brick walls and bare trees dusted in snow line the road, while dimly lit houses glow faintly in the background. Streetlamps cast warm yellow-orange light across the wet, reflective surface, contrasting with the intense magenta-purple sky above. Large snowflakes fall steadily, adding to the otherworldly atmosphere. In the distance, red taillights of another vehicle appear through the haze, and a green-and-yellow roadside sign is visible amid the snow. The unusual pink-purple glow went viral online, sparking speculation ranging from aurora theories to conspiracies. Experts explained it was caused by a combination of reflective low clouds, heavy snowfall, and bright pink/purple grow lights at Birmingham City Football Club’s St Andrew’s Stadium. These lights, combined with streetlight emissions, created the striking neon effect over large parts of the city. Meteorologists confirmed this was a man-made optical effect amplified by one of the region’s heaviest snowfalls in a decade, rather than any natural phenomenon like the northern lights. Storm Goretti brought significant disruptions, including airport closures, power outages, and widespread travel chaos across the Midlands.