Hello, I have an 8 month old pied het albino ball that I got 4 months ago. Forgive me if I ask anything obvious, because this is my first ever ball python

I heard that I should try to emulate a day-night cycle, and I did that by putting a black cover on the front of the terrarium when night comes. However, this obviously isn't very good for looking at a snake that is primarily active at nighttime.

Any other ideas on achieving a better compromise?
I'm thinking that I could replace the opaque black cover with black cellophane, but what do you guys think?