NVMC doesn't require you to actually be able to "see" the ground or water...
Maybe not above the higher of 3,000’ AMSL and 1,000’ AGL.
My question is, in effect, where is the provision that says the operational requirement I quoted from the Part 91 MOS, to which ENR 1.2 'points', does
not apply to NVFR at or below the higher of 3,000' AMSL and 1,000' AGL.
On a moonlit night, and when there are towns and roads with cars and farm houses and hills with illuminated towers, you can "see" the ground when you're at or below the higher of 3,000' and 1000' AGL. It's what those towns and cars and houses and towers are sitting on.