If you swoon at the sight of blood or cry at the drop of a pin, this type of work is not for you. Finding aid workers with a combination of thick skin and compassion is always a challenge and some agencies report a 90% staff turnover in the first 30 days of a disaster. Your profession is probably neededâsomewhere.
The shadow is longest when the light source is lowest. So, in the day when the sun is low in the sky (sunrise and sunset) the shadow is longest. When the sun is highest (mid â¦ day) and directly above then the shadow is shortest.
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 11:50 am. Winter Solstice, the longest night and the shortest day. The Winter Solstice is on June 21 at 18:46 (6:46pm); this is when the Sun is at its most Northerly point in the sky. At the middle of the day on June 21, it reaches its lowest altitude, from the Northern horizon, for the year. Brian Carter, Senior Astronomer at the Carter Observatory says, âThis means that the longest night is June 21/22 and the shortest day is June 21â.