Skies over the Compo Beach area were ablaze with colors from the northern lights early Monday. / Contributed photos by Kathy and Ryan Denke

WESTPORT — The northern lights painted local skies with a brilliant color palette early Monday as geomagnetic storms sparked Instagram-worthy auroras overhead.

These images were photographed by Kathy and Ryan Denke over the Compo Beach area about 2 a.m. Monday.

For an informed analysis of Nature’s sky show, click here for an explanation by the Westport Astronomical Society.