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Nobody seems particularly thrilled by environments devoid of light.  Even at times when a lack of light is welcomed - as in the desert when you want to see the stars, or on a holiday night when you want to see a fireworks display - the events are related to light in some important way. The same attitude about light comes up when we speak of landscapes.  We're always talking about "brightening up" a dark corner, for example, or "adding light" at one point or another.  Whether the absence of light makes us uncomfortable or its presence is simply a