14 DAY TRIAL // The total lunar eclipse captured the world's imagination, last night, or this morning depending on where you live, but just in case you missed it or you want to check it out in more details, Google is running a doodle dedicated to the occasion. It's not prettiest doodle ever, but it's a rather smart one, it contains images from the actual eclipse and a time-lapse of the event.
During the eclipse, the doodle showed an image of the moon at the then current stage. Now that it's over, you can view the entire transition and you can use the slider to move back and forward in time.
It's certainly one of the most interesting doodles to date since it documented an actual event as it happened and now offers everyone a chance to relive it via a very simple interface.
Of course, there should be thousands upon thousands of photos of the June 15 eclipse online by now and there should be plenty of time-lapse photos as well, but Google's is probably the simplest and clearly the most accessible way of checking them out.
Google also had one of the best sources for the images, they come directly from Slooh which had three observatories at its disposal. Granted, the images could have been larger, but they're still interesting.
The June 15 eclipse was a rather special one, there won't be one as dark for another 100 years. Google provided several ways of watching it live, courtesy of Slooh Space Camera, there was the main feed from Slooth with commentary, a video stream on YouTube and a live feed in Google Earth as well.
Google regularly runs doodles to mark special events and celebrations and, while there have been several interactive ones, like the recent Les Paul virtual guitar, none have been so linked to an actual event, as it unfolds.