Melbonian has a point here. I make screenshots and post them on that thread for screenshots. A large majority of my shots are at night. First viewing you can see nothing really. If I adjust the constrast and brightness, I can make it almost like a dusk type darkness and see everything. Go check out my screenies in that thread. You will see most are night shots that I adjusted the contrast and brightness. These were just dark before my adjustments. My point here is adjust the brightness and contrast via your monitor or videocard if it is just so black you cannot see anthing at all during game play.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=83681&page=80
Scroll to you see the two dark blue night screenies. Basically this is how I see the night while in game. Just a bit darker though. Feel free to use any under AVGWarhawk as desktop pics. I would be honored LoL