14 DAY TRIAL // Google is about to delight the web, and help people waste countless hours of productivity, once again with one of its doodles. Celebrating Jules Verne's birthday, on February 8, Google is running a doodle dedicated to the famous science fiction writer, most likely, across most of its localized search pages and on the main Google.com.
The doodle is now live in Japan, Korea, Australia and other parts of Asia where it's already February 8. It will go live in other places as the clock strikes 12, it's going live in Europe in a few hours and later in the US.
Google is marking the special occasion with a rather interesting, interactive doodle. It plays on the theme of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, one of Verne's most popular books.
The Google logo depicts the view from a submarine and you can move left or right or submerse it via a lever on the side. As you move you get to see the wonderful things below the surface, from Narwhals to sea serpents to divers on the sea floor.
Jules Verne is one of the most revered science fiction writers and is one of the creators of the genre. There's hardly a kid around the world that hasn't enjoyed at least one of his books.
He was a visionary, writing about space, air and underwater travel, none of which were feasible at the time. He also, opened the world for many people with the great travel adventures he wrote about at a time when great distances were covered much slower than today.
Google regularly celebrates distinguished authors and artists as well as important events, usually related to technology and science. The doodles created for such occasions have become more elaborate with time and Google usually tries to do something different for each occasion.