With No Man’s Sky NEXT, the galaxy-hopping survival game has become what many players wanted it to be in the first place: more social, more varied, and more focused on exploration. 

Perhaps most appealing though is the fact that No Man’s Sky is also prettier than it used to be. Aided by an incredibly flexible photo mode, many shots of the procedurally-generated cosmos are awe-inspiring in their scale and color. We put out a call on Twitter, and you responded with some truly majestic pictures. Here’s the best of the best, provided by our awesome community. 

Nathaniel Sunga

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here…

…it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -Douglas Adams

GAddict1

The Men of Earth came to Mars. They came because they were afraid or unafraid…

…because they were happy or unhappy, because they felt like Pilgrims or did not feel like Pilgrims…

…They were coming with small dreams or large dreams or none at all. -Ray Bradbury

Josh Beauregard

Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum. -Kurt Vonnegut

Christopher Whan

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity…

…and it was not meant that we should voyage far. -H.P. Lovecraft

Alvin Garcia

I’ve discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there’s no need to explain it to them…

…The other half can’t understand and I couldn’t explain it to them. -Sally Ride

Nograad Productions

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. -Isaac Asimov

Kaelan Hayes

You folk are so finicky about time, living it in straight lines like that. -Nalo Hopkins

@Saileum

Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations…

…You can hear other people’s wisdom, but you’ve got to re-evaluate the world for yourself. -Mae West

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You must never be afraid to go there. -Harlan Ellison

Elliott Smith

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke

@Rustpics

Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not…

…Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse. -Michael Chrichton

 Check out our previous collection of community screenshots from God of War right here.

Source: Game Informer No Man's Photographer: The Best Pictures From An Infinite Universe