You have no idea. Spoiled by growing up in civilization, we have no concept of dark, unless we are strange enough to spend a lot of time in closets. But at sea in the Pacific, you get to meet and get really friendly with Mr Dark.
Dark means that you can wave your hand in front of your face and see nothing, no matter how close it is. Dark means that unless an object eclipses a star that you know is there (people who know the dark know the stars REAL well), you have no way to detect it. Dark is normal. It is our light infested way of life that is abnormal. I have heard reliable reports from Ayers Rock in Australia that the Milky Way casts a shadow on the ground. I'll be you can't even FIND the Milky Way because all the city lights obliterate it.
We've lost all concept of Mr. Dark, but heeeeeeeeeeeeee's back!!!
