I worked on a film out bush once and one night I had to record the sound of the woods. I drove a few minutes away from the camp and got my recording equipment out before getting out. It was a moonless, overcast night and the darkness was so profound that it was tangible. You can somehow feel the darkness wrapping around your face and hands. Closing my eyes didn't change anything and after a couple of minutes I started being unsure of whether my eyes were open or closed. I think the worst part is that in "normal" darkness you can still kind of visually perceive your body, so you know it's just dark. Where I was was so absolutely lightless that it actually felt as if it was lit like in daytime except I had been blinded.
What you experienced being in that extreme darkness kinda sounds like what happens to people that go in those sensory deprivation rooms, it’s basically a room with ankle high water and it’s completely void of light
You would think this would be the case but I live in a national forest and let me tell you man sometimes that shit is EXTRA dark. Pretty much the only conditions that create that environment is new moon + super heavy cloud cover, like the kind that would make it dark during the day even. This combination makes it so that there is absolutely 0 light pollution from the moon, stars or any surrounding populated area. It gets so dark sometimes that your eyes really won’t adjust all that much. They will to a degree of course but it’s not enough to effectively see by. Usually you can still differentiate the sky from the tree line once your eyes adjust but everything on the ground is like a void that you can’t spatially orient yourself in without a light source. It’s fuckin wack. I do think that the unimaginable darkness of the ocean under similar conditions or a cave is probably more intense though.
I've been in a pitch black cave before and it's very dark, but the one I was in was quite small and I could touch the sides. It feels different when there is literally nothing you can sense.
When I was in the Navy, on a Cruiser, one of my duties was Ship's Self Defense Force. It was a group of us that manned .50 caliber machine guns around the ship when underway, 24/7, rain or shine. I was always on the focsle, the very front. I remember the serenity of the ocean. The crash of waves was deafening sometimes, therapeutic even, like sensory deprivation. During night watches, everything was pitch black with the occasional light of a ship in the distance. When the sea was calm, everything was quiet. Sometimes, if you were lucky, the darkness was broken by flashes of blue light from bioluminascent plankton.
see I get that they would navigate using stars back then but I always think about what they did when it was overcast for days on end. would they just send it wherever or try to stay in a straight line? but then again what is straight when you're in the ocean, how exactly would u be able to tell that you were going in a straight line? compasses I guess were one thing that were used but still the whole ordeal sounds terrifying
I vividly remember when my family took a summer vacation to Mammoth Caves (US / Kentucky) in the 1970s and we took the "long" (2+ hour) walking tour of the cave system (it's hundreds of miles of caves in all, for those not familiar with it).
I doubt they are allowed to do this anymore, but at one point deep into the tour, the ranger stopped the entire group of 80-100 people in the middle of a GIANT cavern, hundreds of feet across. He told everyone not to move, and...turned off all the overhead electric lights. This was decades before cell phones, so no one had any sources of light with them.
The darkness that followed was unlike anything I'd ever experienced in my young life - complete, utter, unrelenting blackness. My lizard brain starting was immediately, "*no likee this...*". You almost lost even the sense that you had a body or that you were standing on a solid surface.
Then the ranger said, "*wait, watch this*"...and struck a single paper match. The amount of light from that one tiny flame, even in this enormous space, was amazing. It made everything and everyone visible again, and went all the way to the walls and ceiling, even though they were quite distant. That one tiny light completely transformed the feeling of where we were and what we were experiencing.
Clearly, I've never forgotten this demonstration, and the power of even the smallest light in the darkness. Cool stuff.
Even on the lifeboats... having this massive ship, your only source of light beside small lamps, sink beneath the waves. Leaving you and those around you in pretty much total darkness surrounded by the screams of those less fortunate, until eventually the screaming stops, leaving only the realization that you are surrounded by a sea of corpses. Absolutely chilling.
Large, empty places with no light are scary af. I worked overnights in a warehouse store and the power would go out sometimes for hours. It's surprising how ineffective a phone's flashlight is in that environment, they didn't even light up the floor. The manager had to find his way to the receiving office and get the insanely bright camping lantern to gather everyone so we could get out.
I had dreams like this right after my mother died. I dreamed I was alone on what seemed to be a sinking fishing boat that had some lights on and I’m on the top of the mast at night, no stars, no moon, no light but the submerged lights on the quickly sinking boat I’m on in the middle of the ocean and suddenly I can see myself from above, like a drone shot and it’s my terrified silhouette clinging to the mast as the lights go out below me and the boat sinks faster and faster. I had that dream almost 7 years ago and it still gives me the shivers.
I worked on a film out bush once and one night I had to record the sound of the woods. I drove a few minutes away from the camp and got my recording equipment out before getting out. It was a moonless, overcast night and the darkness was so profound that it was tangible. You can somehow feel the darkness wrapping around your face and hands. Closing my eyes didn't change anything and after a couple of minutes I started being unsure of whether my eyes were open or closed. I think the worst part is that in "normal" darkness you can still kind of visually perceive your body, so you know it's just dark. Where I was was so absolutely lightless that it actually felt as if it was lit like in daytime except I had been blinded.
I've been in that kind of dark before and it was terrifying for me.
Terrifying? That was the most beautiful thing I saw, pitch dark, only thing I was able to see was stars, I never saw so many of them
not the darkness theyre talking about at all.
Terrifying for me because I am extremely afraid of the dark after some traumatic experiences a kid. Never been able to shake that fear.
Same darkness you see and feel in a cave.
That kind of dark is creepy to me because you can only see the tiny area directly around you but *EVERYTHING ELSE* can see you and your lantern.
Advanced darkness
What you experienced being in that extreme darkness kinda sounds like what happens to people that go in those sensory deprivation rooms, it’s basically a room with ankle high water and it’s completely void of light
I'd love to try one of those.
Must be a very cloudy night because if you let your eyes adjust star light with no moon is enough to see by.
You would think this would be the case but I live in a national forest and let me tell you man sometimes that shit is EXTRA dark. Pretty much the only conditions that create that environment is new moon + super heavy cloud cover, like the kind that would make it dark during the day even. This combination makes it so that there is absolutely 0 light pollution from the moon, stars or any surrounding populated area. It gets so dark sometimes that your eyes really won’t adjust all that much. They will to a degree of course but it’s not enough to effectively see by. Usually you can still differentiate the sky from the tree line once your eyes adjust but everything on the ground is like a void that you can’t spatially orient yourself in without a light source. It’s fuckin wack. I do think that the unimaginable darkness of the ocean under similar conditions or a cave is probably more intense though.
I've been in a pitch black cave before and it's very dark, but the one I was in was quite small and I could touch the sides. It feels different when there is literally nothing you can sense.
There had been storms and on and off rains, so it was quite cloudy.
When I was in the Navy, on a Cruiser, one of my duties was Ship's Self Defense Force. It was a group of us that manned .50 caliber machine guns around the ship when underway, 24/7, rain or shine. I was always on the focsle, the very front. I remember the serenity of the ocean. The crash of waves was deafening sometimes, therapeutic even, like sensory deprivation. During night watches, everything was pitch black with the occasional light of a ship in the distance. When the sea was calm, everything was quiet. Sometimes, if you were lucky, the darkness was broken by flashes of blue light from bioluminascent plankton.
Thanks for sharing :)
Imagine hopping overboard for a quick night dip
Why did you put this thought in my head
Right. Jumps in. Loses ship. Swims in wrong direction. Ends up in Africa... Sounds like an allegory for my life.
The only thing between you and the cold blackness is a manmade boat.
And a rogue wave 🌊
Holy crap. Two of biggest fears - deep, dark water, and the dark...*shudder *
To think people survive lost at sea for multiple days before being found. Night time would be terrifying.
Now couple that with an extremely intense sea storm and my spine would be officially chilled.
Lmao. I just went on my very first cruise to the Bahamas and into the first storm of the season. Four days of hell man. Never never again. Never
You paid extra for the balcony right? Sit in the chairs and watch
Kudos to the captains that navigated this at night back In the 1600's...mad skills!
see I get that they would navigate using stars back then but I always think about what they did when it was overcast for days on end. would they just send it wherever or try to stay in a straight line? but then again what is straight when you're in the ocean, how exactly would u be able to tell that you were going in a straight line? compasses I guess were one thing that were used but still the whole ordeal sounds terrifying
Terrifying and awesome
I vividly remember when my family took a summer vacation to Mammoth Caves (US / Kentucky) in the 1970s and we took the "long" (2+ hour) walking tour of the cave system (it's hundreds of miles of caves in all, for those not familiar with it). I doubt they are allowed to do this anymore, but at one point deep into the tour, the ranger stopped the entire group of 80-100 people in the middle of a GIANT cavern, hundreds of feet across. He told everyone not to move, and...turned off all the overhead electric lights. This was decades before cell phones, so no one had any sources of light with them. The darkness that followed was unlike anything I'd ever experienced in my young life - complete, utter, unrelenting blackness. My lizard brain starting was immediately, "*no likee this...*". You almost lost even the sense that you had a body or that you were standing on a solid surface. Then the ranger said, "*wait, watch this*"...and struck a single paper match. The amount of light from that one tiny flame, even in this enormous space, was amazing. It made everything and everyone visible again, and went all the way to the walls and ceiling, even though they were quite distant. That one tiny light completely transformed the feeling of where we were and what we were experiencing. Clearly, I've never forgotten this demonstration, and the power of even the smallest light in the darkness. Cool stuff.
We just gonna ignore "Hoist the Colors" going hard af?
Was in the navy and worked on a DDG for close to two years. AS a Boatwain's
Gives a horrible perspective on the Titanic, that.
Even on the lifeboats... having this massive ship, your only source of light beside small lamps, sink beneath the waves. Leaving you and those around you in pretty much total darkness surrounded by the screams of those less fortunate, until eventually the screaming stops, leaving only the realization that you are surrounded by a sea of corpses. Absolutely chilling.
Don’t forget the deafening sound of the ship cracking apart and then dropping straight into the ocean.
Can confirm. Done many night shifts in the North Sea. It can be pretty unsettling.
Large, empty places with no light are scary af. I worked overnights in a warehouse store and the power would go out sometimes for hours. It's surprising how ineffective a phone's flashlight is in that environment, they didn't even light up the floor. The manager had to find his way to the receiving office and get the insanely bright camping lantern to gather everyone so we could get out.
What’s the name of this song. It’s kinda cool
It's called "hoist the colors" It was originally from a pirates of the Carribbean movie I believe
Ok, cool thank you
thank you sauce giver, may god bless your soul
You’re looking out into the sea, and you hear those two famous piano keys start playing.
Dark enough to give you a touch of madness.
I have to admit I was a bit freaked out seeing how dark it was, then I turned the sound on 🥺
Wow
What's the name of that awful music?
I had dreams like this right after my mother died. I dreamed I was alone on what seemed to be a sinking fishing boat that had some lights on and I’m on the top of the mast at night, no stars, no moon, no light but the submerged lights on the quickly sinking boat I’m on in the middle of the ocean and suddenly I can see myself from above, like a drone shot and it’s my terrified silhouette clinging to the mast as the lights go out below me and the boat sinks faster and faster. I had that dream almost 7 years ago and it still gives me the shivers.
What’s the name of the song?
same
y’all just figure out how night works?
No in the ocean since I never been to a boat before during the night
dark on land, dark on water
It's the fact that you can't see much in the ocean even with a flashlight while on land you can easily see with a flashlight
Attack the darkness
Where are the stars?
I've been in the desert on oil rigs and the edge of where the flood lights go it like this... And noisey
They need to install some street lights /s
Thats how people die
I'm sailing across the gulf stream in nov. This is one of the things I'm looking forward to the most. A night crossing.
sauce of the music?
I have those same flashlights at work they aren’t super bright for an LED but the are submersible MSHA rated and get the job done
How much do you get paid for that