i saw a solar eclipse when i was 8 years old.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A solar eclipse (as seen from the planet Earth) is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially blocks (\"occults\") the Sun. This can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured. If the Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital plane, there would be total solar eclipses every new moon. However, since the Moon's orbit is tilted at more than 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit around the Sun, its shadow usually misses Earth. The Moon's orbit must cross Earth's ecliptic plane in order for an eclipse (both solar as well as lunar) to occur. In addition, the Moon's actual orbit is elliptical, often taking it far enough away from Earth that its apparent size is not large enough to block the Sun entirely. The orbital planes cross each other at a line of nodes resulting in at least two, and up to five, solar eclipses occurring each year; no more than two of which can be total eclipses.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Have you ever seen a solar eclipse? When the Moon blocks the Sun?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have, we had one recently here on the east coast"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh cool. In a total eclips the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. Was yours like that?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It was, we had to look at it very carefully so we did not burn our eyeballs"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You don't want to damage your eyes. The Moon's orbit has a 5 degree tilt which is why solar eclipses only happen intermittently."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That makes sense, everyone seemed to enjoy it thouggh"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Nice. There is also a lunar eclipse where the Moon moves in the Earth's shadow."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have heard that, it sounds like it would be great to witness a few times"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sure it would be nice to see. I enjoy seeing a full moon which is when it appears without and shadow from earth."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do too, stuff like that is so beautiful in my opinion"}]