Across the country, photographers are rapturous over the mysterious purple glow being cast by the malfunctioning streetlights that began to crop up around 2021.

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It turns out, street lights turning purple, isn’t just a New Orleans thing. “We can't officially create a white LED,” Electrical Engineer Kim Jovanovich said.

Schaumburg is among the places where the purple lights have appeared. The village plans to replace 117 such fixtures along Meacham and Irving Park roads over the next few weeks.