Framer, you're not Robinson Crusoe there. Had it demonstrated to me departing Nowra rwy 21 during my NVFR training yonks ago. Very sobering. The flight line is well lit, all the Albatross infrastructure well lit, all to the E of the rwy. SW and W wass utterly black (isn't so much now).
Between somatogravic effect, poor scan, failure to trust working instruments, unanticipated IMC, fog and vertigo there are dangers galore for the complacent NVFR pilot.