This is a topic about light and darkness and things related to them, such as fear of the dark, trying to light the darkness, and why people like the night time or day time, and anything that one can think of, as well as ways for "seeing" though the darkness of night or overcast and illusions, such as mirages and such.

 

First, I'll start with a question?  What is darker outside:  a new moon night or an overcast night?  That does go towards how light can trick us and how we in reality might not be able to see the same thing.  In other words, it depends.  I'd have to say a new moon night with dim stars.  With overcast, the cloud cover can catch and reflect light, and the closer you are to a built up area, the more noticeable that becomes.

 

So, what's your opinions and thoughts.  Lighting technology, day person or night person, fears of the dark or the unknown in the dark, and tricks that light and dark can play on us.

 

Discuss away

Why not take a light meter out and measure?  Use experimental evidence to prove whatever hypothesis we come up with

That's actually an advantage of living where I do as far seeing light reflect off of stuff.  The lights that are near built up areas, though I live several miles away, can be seen reflecting off clouds at night when there's overcast.  The effect is lessened on clear nights as the light just goes off into space.

 

Also, I think that car makers that have LED headlights have some special trick, because though LED flashlights do great when they have something to shine onto, they don't have beams much longer than a normal flashlight.  I do wonder when laserlight flashlights will be coming out, though, because cars already have laserlight technology on them.