Google Welcomes the Coming of Spring With an Animated Doodle

 By 
Stan Schroeder
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Google Welcomes the Coming of Spring With an Animated Doodle
Credit: Randi Hausken

Google is celebrating the spring equinox on Thursday with a flowery, animated Doodle.

Google's homepage features a character that pours water above the search bar, causing sprouts to shoot up and turn into its familiar logo.

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Google's homepage features an animated Doodle, celebrating the spring equinox, on March 20, 2014. Credit: Google

The spring equinox usually occurs around March 20, when the Sun crosses directly over the Earth's equator. Around this time, day and night are approximately the same length, and symbolically, this event is celebrated as the change of seasons -- from winter to spring.

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