Well, study the thing that blocks your view. I've been impressed with how well phone cameras can perform after the sun goes down. For instance, sunset doesn't necessarily end when the sun goes down. The sun may have set on you but the clouds above you are still in line if sight of a low, red sun.
Here are some low clouds over Centennial, Colorado about half an hour after sunset.
Recently, we've been having some very uncharacteristic thunderstorms in the area. It's difficult to impossible to capture a lightning strike in a photograph, but a video is a different thing entirely.
Fog, smog, clouds are all interesting in their own light and they show a different face at night than they do during daylight.
