I don’t always experience wilderness alone. In this image my daughter is inside the tent, while I read outside. I often use the red LED setting on my headlamp, as its beam is strong but less bright than a standard headlamp. A standard headlamp or flashlight will cause ‘night blindness’ when looking outside the beam, as our pupils must adjust from dilated to wide in order to make out details in the night or even the stars. The red setting interferes with less of the light spectrum and shines much dimmer. This way I can enjoy my book and the Milky Way at the same time