In 1966/67 I was a training captain on 4-engined aeroplanes based in Aden (ODRK).
For 6 months of the year, we were on runway 26 and for 6 months of the year we were on runway 08. Twice a month I would go flying with 3 or 4 F/Os to practice night circuits.
There was never a problem on runway 26 for there were lots of lights and clues for orientation.
Then we would go on to runway 08 and after take-off there were no visual clues for we were over the water immediately after take-off.
Despite the fact that I used to brief all of them before take-off that they should mainly stick to instruments until they had proper visual clues, several of them started turning downwind in a descending turn which would have ended up in a flight into the ocean had it been allowed to continue.
You would be surprised how many pilots will try to fly a visual circuit with no visual clues!