nightscape

nightscape
night·scape (nītʹskāp') n.
1. A view or representation of a night scene.
2. A night scene considered together with all the elements and features constituting it: “a nightscape of black shiny streets and glistening light” (David Denby).
3. A situation likened to a scene late at night: “His trip... is an eerie nightscape full of rubble and reflexive violence” (Time).

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