a vast futuristic city on an alien desert planet, viewed from a mountain plateau at night, glowing neon hovercraft and spaceships flying above, a colossal energy beam shooting from the city center into space, the ground is dry and dusty like a desert, not Earth, atmosphere with soft sephora tones (purple, mauve, pink hues), dramatic lighting, cinematic scale, the entire city surrounded by a towering high-tech wall, sci-fi megastructures, alien architecture, atmospheric haze, stars visible in the sky, hyper-detailed, ultra high-resolution, concept art, by Raphael Lacoste and Syd Mead