--- title: Perseid Meteor Shower 2014 Google Doodle description: This animated video honors the Perseid Meteor Shower, which happens every August. canonical: https://time.com/3103754/perseid-meteor-shower-google-doodle/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-12T16:01:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:30.402Z og:title: Today's Google Doodle Is a Stunning Celebration of the Perseid Meteor Shower og:description: Watching this video is almost as cool as watching the real thing og:url: https://time.com/3103754/perseid-meteor-shower-google-doodle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Today's Google Doodle Is a Stunning Celebration of the Perseid Meteor Shower twitter:description: Watching this video is almost as cool as watching the real thing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Today's Google Doodle Is a Stunning Celebration of the Perseid Meteor Shower ## Video: How Google Makes its Doodles [Watch (HLS stream): How Google Makes its Doodles](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8) (3:23)  _Published 2018-07-07. Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 12, 2014 4:01 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 12, 2014 4:01 PM UTC If you head to Google’s [homepage ](https://www.google.com)today, you’ll be treated to an animated video featuring meteors darting across a beautiful, clear night sky. The animation celebrates the Perseid Meteor Shower, which happens every year in August. (Heads up, stargazers: It [peaks tonight.](https://news.yahoo.com/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-watch-live-online-121305824.html))  [Past doodles](http://www.google.com/doodles/perseid-meteor-shower) have honored this celestial show, but this year’s is more detailed and stunning. Google created it to “encourage users to learn more about this fantastic celestial event,” doodler Sophie Diao explains in [a blog post](http://www.google.com/doodles/perseid-meteor-shower-2014-us). She said that for this animation, which is more ambient and serene than other doodles, she was inspired by long drives, trips to national parks, and that feeling of being in the middle of nowhere. 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