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@spaceexplorernms.bsky.social
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👾 Virtual photographer in No Man's Sky, Elite Dangerous, and maybe more... 🌌 In No Man's Sky since day one & Founder of the French No Man's Sky Wiki 🏳️‍⚧️ She/Her 🌈 | FR/EN | 🚩🏴 🍉

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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Do you remember this ? It almost feel like reality now... Sure, current AI models does not have consciousness, but we're effectively losing control with consequences still difficult to determine... It feel like so real. But we can still unplug, we still can. #NoMansSky #WakingTitan
Memo from Waking Titan ARG (No Man's Sky-related alternate reality game, which took place in 2017). Major Sophia Dubois is talking to Elisabeth Leighton (CEO of Atlas Foundation) about their supercomputer, Loop16.

Sophia Dubois :
You'll have noticed by now that the testing protocol taking place on the feed right now is not what we had
planned out for Phase 3 at all.
This deviation isn't something we chose to do, Elizabeth. That's all loop16. The process has developed a mind
of its own, so it would seem, and I don't know where any of this is going.
There's more. JJ Wong over at Myriad in on the phone screaming at me ever y twenty minutes. It seems that
loop16 has taken over all of their spare processing power -- and some that wasn't spare, either. She's locked
all of their other clients out and taken over their whole cloud.
You'll have noticed that loop16 claims to be "dreaming." I don't know what an AI dreams about with all of that
processing power ; butterflies, clouds, galaxies? I couldn't say.
But one thing is clear. This is dangerous, Elizabeth. This isn't just a question of what happens if human beings
can accurately predict the future. This isn't even a question of whether loop16 is a sentient being who deser ves
protection.
This is about consequences, Elizabeth. Loop16 may know how to look young and friendly, but this isn't a human
being we're talking about. If it can perfectly predict you, your thoughts, your chat logs, of course it knows how
to make you like it. You're being manipulated -- and deceived. To what end?
We have to shut the project down. Pull the plug, Elizabeth. While we still can. If we still can.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Mood
Recherche Google "Logements pas cher dans la France à Macron"
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In #EliteDangerous, there is this isolated neutron star cluster, 11000 ly below the galactic plane. It is completely out of range, even with a fleet carrier. It's where the 47 Tucanae globular cluster is located. It has a lot of neutron stars, included in the neutron star catalog ED uses.
The neutron star cluster on the galactic mapReal-life photo of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae
Source : ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Under CC-BY 4.0 licence
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is fine
Prévisions météo de chez moi (33°C lundi, jusqu'à 37°C vendredi 29 mai).
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
x3 #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography #DistantWorlds3
Elite Dangerous screenshot. Three neutron stars, and my Caspian Explorer ship.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I made a 40,000 ly detour from the DW3 route, and i found this class V gas giant orbiting... an F-type supergiant, pretty unusual but cool ! #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography #DistantWorlds3
A view of the gas giant with its large rings, orbiting around the yellow supergiant and its smaller companion star.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Joyeuse journée de la visibilité trans ! Nous sommes là, et on ne reculera pas face aux attaques contre nos droits. Nous continuerons à lutter, aussi longtemps qu'il le faudra. Tous les jours. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️✊
Le drapeau trans
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I really loved this planet : tons of geysers and some unusual life forms (receptas and fumerolas), with a beautiful icy moon in the sky. #EliteDangerous #DistantWorlds3 #VirtualPhotography
My ship, landed on the planet. The landscape is icy and craterous, with the ice moon on the horizon.A specimen of recepta, some active geysers, and the icy moon still on the horizon.Fumerola life forms.View of a large crater, with the icy moon on the horizon.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Just found this water world with a close landable moon. It's around a brown dwarf. #EliteDangerous #DistantWorlds3 #VirtualPhotography
A rover in the rocky mountainous landscape of a moon, with the oceanic planet in the sky. Light is reddish because the star is a brown dwarf.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I came across an helium-rich boxel few days ago. So i explored all its 159 star systems, and discovered a total of 131 helium-rich gas giants. #EliteDangerous #DistantWorlds3 #VirtualPhotography
A blue ringed helium-rich gas giant, with a white cloudy equatorial band.An hot helium-rich gas giant with a contrasted strip pattern, orbiting close of its yellow star.A brown gas giant seen in a blue sky, from the surface of a atmospheric moon, with a specimen of Tubus Cavas.A specimen of Stratum Araneamus, on a desertic moon with rings, itself orbiting a ringed gas giant.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Exobiology at nightfall #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography #DistantWorlds3
Me, scanning a specimen of Tubus Sororibus, in the dark with only the brightness of sky...
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Double gas giant #EliteDangerous #DistantWorlds3 #VirtualPhotography
My Caspian Explorer above a gas giant orbiting another one, around a blue star.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The region of The Abyss is pretty paradoxal : extremely distant, but also probably one of the most explored, due to the low star density. Anyway, there's still things to discover. #EliteDangerous #DistantWorlds3
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Something changed about swamp biomes, can you see it ? #NoMansSky #NoMansSkyRemnant
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Another interesting finding : this lava worlds orbit extremely close to a brown dwarf. Its rotation is so fast (about 3 hours) that the planet is flattened ! #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Some more views from #DistantWorlds3 #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
Icy mountainous landscape under a clear, starry bluish-yellowish sky.An earth-like world orbiting a binary system made of an orange star and a dim red star.Geyser on a frozen world with a dark blue atmosphere made of neon.A binary planet, one of them is ringed - both orbiting close to the star.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Across the #DistantWorlds3 route, i've found this. A burning ice planet (up to 700 kelvins) on a super-close orbit around a red dwarf. 22 earth masses, 19 567 km radius, 2,39G surface gravity. #EliteDangerous #DistantWorlds3 #VirtualPhotography
Approaching the brown dwarf and its planet (slightly bottom-right) with my Caspian Explorer.Preparing to land on the planet. The brown dwarf appears huge from the planet.Standing on a rock after landing on the planet.View from the planet from space.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Dozens of thousands light-years have done some damage to my livery, and my beautiful squadron logo... #EliteDangerous #DistantWorlds3
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I have found my first ringed earth-like world #EliteDangerous #DistantWorlds3 #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I just discovered a massive (17 earth masses, 1,95G gravity) icy planet orbiting a white dwarf. Pretty eerie vibe. I could stay here observing the horizon for a moment... #DistantWorlds3 #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
Me, standing on a frozen plain, with the white dwarf at the horizon.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Some shots from the Monde de la mort (World of Death). This planet has an extremely elliptical orbit around a white dwarf. And it's not a very safe planet to land ! #DistantWorlds3 #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
My first discoveries during #DistantWorlds3, i'm not disappointed ! #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
Two planets in the sky of an arid rocky planet on which i'm landed, under a clear blue sky.A water world orbiting a binary system made of a red dwarf and a white dwarf.View of a gas giant with wide rings, from a rocky moon with water vapour atmosphere and life specimens.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
One of the most beautiful moon i discovered in #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
A frozen moon with a dark blue sky, a ringed planet in the sky. I am standing between two fumerolles with bioluminescent plants (fumerollas) on them.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Sights from the Galactic Core #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
In the rings of a planet orbitting in the darkness around a black hole (not visible on the image)A water world with a huge ring systemA brown dwarf with a huge ring system, orbiting a white supergiant star.An earth-like world orbiting far from a red giant star.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I am of course back to the deep space with this beautiful new ship ! ✨ #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
My ship above a small moon orbiting another moon with atmosphere, itself orbiting a blue gas giant.Cockpit view (with me !), flying above the atmospheric moon, with the small rough-shaped submoon in the background.View from the surface of that atmospheric moon, with my ship landed. Atmosphere is made of ammonia, giving this intense yellow hue.Specimens of Concha Aureolas, with the rough-shaped moon in the sky.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
To boldly go... #EliteDangerous
The new Elite Dangerous' ship (Caspian Explorer) near a neutron star
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I got a Caspian Explorer... Tonight, well... i'll probably be somewhere between Sol and Sagittarius A*. But first, a visit to Shinrarta then Deciat will be necessary... #EliteDangerous
The Caspian Explorer, Elite Dangerous' newest starship, docked on my fleet carrier
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Some more views from my latest exploration, i'm now back in the bubble and i'm building things in HIP 52213 #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
Flying above the surface of a blue-ish icy world under a starry sky.My Mandalay, with a red giant and a smaller star in front of it in the background.A ringed class V gas giant with huge rings, around a white supergiant.Two neutron stars and a white dwarf, a pretty unusual view for sure !
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
After some neutron jump, i'm now in the Empyrean Straits. I got some beautiful sights ! #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
My exploration in #EliteDangerous continues !
My path on the galactic map, using EDAstro's interactive map (edastro.com), colors show exploration saturation (blue = mostly unexplored, red = very explored)My ship Mandalay on an icy world with specimens of Fonticulua UpupamSpecimens of Tussock Capillum on a frozen world with a methane atmosphere. Darkness is due to the fact this planet is orbiting far from its star.Inside a Proto-Lagrande Cloud, with an ice crystal ! In a system i discovered today with three of these clouds !
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A gas giant with multiple ringed small gas "giants" around ! (the parent planet is the one below the one in foreground) #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Small island #NoMansSky #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Moons with water are often so cool ! #NoMansSky #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
#NoMansSky #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Pretty happy of this corvette ! #NoMansSky #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#NoMansSky #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Swimming amidst the stars #NoMansSky #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I built my first Corvette ship in #NoMansSky, it's going to be a cool gameplay ! Once it will be fully upgraded, i'll build more of them ! No Man's Sky Voyagers is truly amazing
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
POV : You still have ADSL and you have to download a 16 GB update for #NoMansSky
Downloading the latest No Man's Sky update on Steam. 11,4 Go/19,4 Go, 2 hours 46 minutes left.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Nine years ago... #NoMansSky A place i will never visit again, i wonder what this planet could look like today...
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Nine years into #NoMansSky #VirtualPhotography
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Some other views from across the galaxy #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
A ringed gas giant planet, seen from the rings of another ringed gas giant, around a bright blue star.Same binary planet than the previous screenshot, but this time seen from the other planet.A small metal-rich moon, with an irregular shape, orbiting a red gas giant.Another small metal-rich moon, with a redder color, orbiting the same gas giant.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Views of the Milky Way #EliteDangerous #VirtualPhotography
A small rocky moon (foreground) orbiting a gas giant, itself orbiting a red giant starAn Earth-like planet in front of a starry sky and of the Milky Way.A white dwarf and some sparse asteroids.A gas giant orbiting a bright blue-white star. A nebula is visible in the background.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I finally found my first undiscovered Wolf-Rayet star, no planet there, but still cool ! Chroalks AA-A H107 (exploration datas already sold 🙃) #EliteDangerous
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Somebody hacked holo-screens of this station... I wonder who 😇 #EliteDangerous
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Now building at DM99 22.1, near Barnard's Loop. This ship is amazing, but the ongoing community goal will make it even better, so it's time for some carrier jumps back to the Bubble... #EliteDangerous
My pink Panther Clipper mk2 at a construction site, on a moon around a gas giant.Taking off from this moon.The same Panther Clipper after leaving the atmosphere.The "Panther Clipper MkII Owners Club" decal on the ship.
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I did it ! My first T3 planetary port is finished, after ~216K tons of materials delivered, and the new Panther Clipper MkII definitely helped for the last 20 percents ! I think i'm done with Core Sys Sector CB-O A6-0, time to focus on my other project in Orion. #EliteDangerous
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Ok, i really love this ship ! #EliteDangerous
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Solanum ✨ @spaceexplorernms.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
My first fumerolla in #EliteDangerous - this moon is in a permanent night, with just enough light to see the landscape (geysers are pretty epic too)
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