"Sunlight is the life-blood of Nature. Mother Earth looks at us with such dull, soulless eyes, when the sunlight has died away from out of her. It makes us sad to be with her then; she does not seem to know us or to care for us."
-Jerome K. Jerome
The above quote was extracted from "Three Men In A Boat," an account of the author's experience boating down the Thames River of the United Kingdom. This declaration is truly thought-provoking and provides an insightful and innovative metaphor upon which the reader may reflect. In a literal sense, mankind relies on sunlight immensely, both directly and indirectly. Among the multitude of crucial roles that sunshine plays within the world, most prominent is that the sun provides nature's primary source of illumination, allowing all creatures to utilize sight to aid in navigation as well as other acts. Furthermore, numerous organisms rely on the sun for sustenance, and these living things play integral roles within our ecosystem. When the sun sets, many of these organisms fall into states of dormancy. Humans and other creature must rely on senses and technology transcendent of the basic sense of sight to navigate. Essentially, those that have not evolved features to accommodate lifetime primarily in darkness are on their own. The sun is no longer available to assistance us, and therefore "all bets are off," per se'.
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