Crowds gathered at Crawick Multiverse, near Sanquhar, to experience the first moments of sunrise marking the summer solstice on Wednesday.
The Duke of Buccleuch, who funded the spectacular cosmic-inspired artland designed by the late Charles Jencks, was at the 4am ceremony at Crawick’s great conical mound topped with standing stones and named after the Andromeda galaxy.
It was the start of a day of family-friendly activities which culminated in a Tilt Ceremony from 3.15pm to 4.15pm – the moment when sun reaches its annual zenith and the year turned.
