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Google doodles the total lunar eclipse


New Delhi: To mark the longest and the darkest lunar eclipse of the century Google has put up an animated and interactive doodle. The lunar eclipse Google doodle shows the various phases of the lunar eclipse that can be accessed through a seek bar.
The doodle is also Google's first live doodle and the image refreshed every two minutes to reflect the current stage of the moon in eclipse.
One of the O's in the Google logo was transformed into the moon. Google also put up a live webcast of the lunar eclipse on its official YouTube channel.
The total lunar eclipse begn at 00:52:30 IST and ended 02:32:42 IST. While the partial eclipse began at 23:52:56 IST and ended at 03:32:15 IST. The eclipse was visible completely in Africa and Central Asia. It was be visible rising over South America, Western Africa and Europe, and seen setting over Eastern Asia, and Australia. The next lunar eclipse to be viewed in India will be in December this year.
This isn't the first of Google's eclipse doodles. The search engine giant had previously marked the July 22, 2009 complete solar eclipse with a commemorative logo in some countries.
For a dozen years, Google has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a doodle. The Google doodles, an artistic take on the Google logo, have gained immense popularity over the past few years and the Google doodle team has put out commemorative doodles on numerous events of international or national importance, ranging from news events, civic milestones, birthdays, death anniversaries and important dates in history. Google estimates it has created more than 900 doodles since 1998, with 270 of them running in 2010. Some appear globally, and others are tailored for local markets.
Recently the Google doodles have become more interactive in nature and Google seems to be fast doing away with static images for their doodles.

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