You don’t really think about the effect in a “big picture” kind of way, you know, “what it looks like”. This time-lapse put it in to perspective in a big way.
Description from the video by Eric Nathan: Time-lapse video showing the city of Cape Town without electricity during load-shedding by the state-run power provider Eskom. The effect of the power being restored can be seen about 7 seconds into the video.