<p>The only light you would see, would be from the stars outside the black hole. Any light that is generated inside the event horizon would be refracted towards the singularity. You wouldn't see the object in front of you since the light would not reach your eye.</p>

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2014-04-28T10:32:16.990Z
Say you're inside the event horizon facing outwards. If you shine a torch into your face, you would see that light wouldn't you?
Carl
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2014-04-28T13:41:16.400Z
Yes, you should.
LDC3
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2014-04-29T06:02:23.857Z
in that case, you might want to revise the last sentence of your answer "You wouldn't see the object in front of you since the light would not reach your eye."
Carl
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2014-04-29T13:28:41.610Z
@Carl You picked a specific direction in your question. Now, you are just nick-picking since the answer depends on a specific direction instead of a general direction. If you were facing the other way, you wouldn't see any light even if the torch is directly on your eye.
LDC3
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2014-04-29T14:05:43.647Z
just suggesting an improvement to your answer is all. The question doesn't specify a direction, yet you mention the light coming from stars outside. Might be more accurate to specify light coming from the event horizon be it inside the event horizon or outside of it.
Carl
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2014-10-14T23:05:00.200Z
This is incorrect: "You wouldn't see the object in front of you since the light would not reach your eye." That would violate the equivalence principle; besides, a Penrose diagram of a black hole spacetime clearly implies that this is incorrect in without some *substantial* qualification.
Stan Liou
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2014-04-27T17:27:11.690Z
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LDC3
<p>As said above, you'd see the light coming into the black hole but you mught also see a dim light from Hawking radiation.</p>

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2014-04-27T18:10:09.203Z
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Beta Decay
<p>Assuming you could be standing inside a black hole, would it be light or dark around you? </p>

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2014-04-28T01:51:17.003Z
Define "Inside a black hole"
Aron
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2014-04-28T06:50:58.037Z
"Below/inside the event horizon"
nohillside
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Is it dark inside a black hole?
nohillside
# Is it dark inside a black hole?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-27)

Assuming you could be standing inside a black hole, would it be light or dark around you?

**Tags:** black-hole, light

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Define "Inside a black hole"  
> **username_0**: "Below/inside the event horizon"  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-04-27. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The only light you would see, would be from the stars outside the black hole. Any light that is generated inside the event horizon would be refracted towards the singularity. You wouldn't see the object in front of you since the light would not reach your eye.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Say you're inside the event horizon facing outwards. If you shine a torch into your face, you would see that light wouldn't you?  
> **username_2**: Yes, you should.  
> **username_3**: in that case, you might want to revise the last sentence of your answer "You wouldn't see the object in front of you since the light would not reach your eye."  
> **username_2**: @username_3 You picked a specific direction in your question. Now, you are just nick-picking since the answer depends on a specific direction instead of a general direction. If you were facing the other way, you wouldn't see any light even if the torch is directly on your eye.  
> **username_3**: just suggesting an improvement to your answer is all. The question doesn't specify a direction, yet you mention the light coming from stars outside. Might be more accurate to specify light coming from the event horizon be it inside the event horizon or outside of it.  
> **username_4**: This is incorrect: "You wouldn't see the object in front of you since the light would not reach your eye." That would violate the equivalence principle; besides, a Penrose diagram of a black hole spacetime clearly implies that this is incorrect in without some *substantial* qualification.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-04-27. Score: 1

As said above, you'd see the light coming into the black hole but you mught also see a dim light from Hawking radiation.


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