maybe. no one knows. just because light cannot escape does not mean it does not exist inside. and even if it exists inside everything could be so distorted it might not be visible. maybe light is only visible from further out to inside, ie if you were in the middle of falling into a black hole youd see matter that has just fallen in but nothing from before you fell in. or maybe the opposite.
I was also wondering about near black holes. If even light can’t escape, is there basically pure total darkness beyond the event horizon?
maybe. no one knows. just because light cannot escape does not mean it does not exist inside. and even if it exists inside everything could be so distorted it might not be visible. maybe light is only visible from further out to inside, ie if you were in the middle of falling into a black hole youd see matter that has just fallen in but nothing from before you fell in. or maybe the opposite.