It is pitch black.

You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Rendition of a Grue in his Natural Habitat

The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you grow
I knew much more then than I do now

...time won't leave me as I am

(The stockpile of awesome isn't being tapped.  Maybe it would have been if I wasn't busy squinting and cursing at the light.)