Jules Verne Google Doodle: Logo Honors Science-Fiction Writer (PICTURES)

This Google Doodle would make Jules Verne proud.

Google is once again showing off the power of HTML 5, this time using it to honor the 183rd birthday of science-fiction writer Jules Verne. The Google logo comes complete with deep sea adventure, including treasure, divers, and all sorts of marine life.

Perhaps best known for the science-fiction classic "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," Verne died in 1905, but not before writing about air, sea, and space travel long before they were truly conceived. He is considered by many to be the "Father of Science Fiction."

Google has had some truly creative logos in the past, including an astounding holiday logo, and this logo is a continuation of their creativity.

Scroll down for some different shots of the logo through the Google porthole, or visit Google's homepage to check out the interactive logo for yourself.

Google's Jules Verne Google Doodle:

Comments

[Jeremy Patrick]

03:14 PM on 02/08/2011

See the entire Jules Verne image here

http://jeremypatrick.posterous.com/flat-image-of-googles-jules-verne-happy-birth

[cameron d]

10:50 AM on 02/08/2011

He was also Emmitt "Doc" Brown's favourite author. That's a fact you can't deny.

[GEagle90]

10:32 AM on 02/08/2011

I'm glad the folks at Google chose to honor Jules Verne. Such a visionary.

[teddyswims]

09:21 AM on 02/08/2011

But they couldn't give a nod to Reagan on his 100th.

[Phaedrusnyc]

10:02 AM on 02/08/2011

I'm sorry, when I went to sleep did celebrating Reagan's birthday become mandatory?

[Mark Harker]

01:43 PM on 02/08/2011

i love reagan as much as the nextt conservative but your really stretching.

[Louis Torrie Gaines]

09:20 AM on 02/08/2011

kcuf Google. what happened to the Bob Marley doodle on Sunday. Jules Verne...BALLS!!!

[AgingLady]

09:18 AM on 02/08/2011

Great! This was a terrific 'do' of your logo. Was delighted to see it and came looking for a story just so I could tell you so.

[Toonguy]

08:43 AM on 02/08/2011

I've always been a fan of the great, Jules Verne and I love being reminded of the birthday of one of the greats of science fiction in such a clever way.

[raven119]

08:32 AM on 02/08/2011

Gee, a free ad for Google...or is it for HTML5? Did they really need it or is it just part of the new HP/AOL product placement policy?

[mmp003]

08:02 AM on 02/08/2011

Your last picture with the coral misses the fact that if you've gone straight down, the coral actually fills the Google logo. It's very cool.

[greasefire11]

08:01 AM on 02/08/2011

Always impressed by their creativity!

[elizlucinda]

07:47 AM on 02/08/2011

That's why I love google. Everyone once in awhile they give me these little gifts to play with. what fun.

[gevan]

06:59 AM on 02/08/2011

I did see it but I just ignored their flight of fancy. I had names to look for.

[Jokkery]

04:43 AM on 02/08/2011

Great doodle , very good google,that tells why you are nr.1

[Blago]

04:06 AM on 02/08/2011

Too bad they also have to reinvent simple flash stuff like back button continuity... html5: back to the future.

[MichaelMcKLA]

03:19 AM on 02/08/2011

Way cool, dudes!