I have traveled to our winter house in the forest. It is the place I personally know in my region where light pollution is the lowest. It gets really dark here. Sometimes when I go outside in the night, I can't see my own hand in front of me. When you normally live in a country that is perpetually lit, this is a rare experience. Being in this dark place on the darkest day of the year on a new moon, I sense the power of the darkness. I'll go out later and let it wash over me like a bath.