Aerial view, looking down upon a massive lunar crater. A scientific research station, almost a futuristic city, stands in the middle of this vast lunar basin. Large boulders and small rocky spurs are scattered throughout the landscape. The station’s architecture is sleek and harmonious, made of glass and steel. A grand building with a colossal astronomical observatory dome dominates the other structures. Multiple platforms host residential and research facilities, with scattered lights, intricate staircases, and numerous antennas. The city is surrounded by an immense expanse of frozen rock, with the crater’s edge forming a colossal belt around the lunar habitation structures. Several smaller research domes, pipelines, conduits, and massive extraction machines fill the foreground, where activity is bustling across the plain. An astroport is situated behind the station. The sky is intensely illuminated as the sun begins to set, casting an orange and bluish glow over the frozen city. The air is frigid, with ice crystals drifting in the wind, lifting snow and dust just above the ground. In the vastness of space, Earth can be seen setting on the horizon