Spring 2021 – Google Doodle celebrates the new season and equinox in the Northern Hemisphere

SPRING is a time of rebirth and growth as flowers bloom in the first full season of the year.

This year, Google is celebrating the beginning of Spring on March 20 with a Google Doodle – bringing an end to Winter.

When is Spring 2021 in the Northern Hemisphere?

Spring 2021 begins on March 20, and ends on June 21. Spring, otherwise known as springtime, is one of the four temperate seasons.

The Spring equinox in March marks the beginning of the Spring season, otherwise known as the vernal equinox.

Spring equinox is a solar occasion, and it occurs when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is neither inclined away from, or in the direction of the sun. This results in a nearly equal length day and night.

This year, there will be approximately 12 hours, 3 minutes, of daylight on that day.

There are various technical definitions of spring, but when it’s Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.

During the Spring equinox, days and nights are approximately 12 hours long, with daytime length increasing and nighttime length decreasing as the season progresses.

Spring is often also associated with ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal and regrowth.

What is the Google Doodle to mark Spring 2021?

This year’s Google Doodle celebrating Spring 2021 depicts an animated hedgehog, that has flowers in place of spikes on its back.

It also features honey bees buzzing around it as well as red and blue flowers spelling out Google in the logo.

Clicking on the graphic allows you to find out all about the new season.

What is a Google Doodle?

Google founders Larry and Sergey drew a stick figure behind the second ‘o’ of Google to show they were out of office at the Burning Man festival and with that, Google Doodles were born.

The company decided that they should decorate the logo to mark cultural moments and it soon became clear that users really enjoyed the change to the Google homepage.

Now, there is a full team of doodlers, illustrators, graphic designers, animators and classically trained artists who help create what you see on those days.

In 2021 so far they’ve had Doodles celebrating special occasions like St Patrick’s Day and the Lantern Festival, along with people including the father of surgical face masks Dr Wu Lien-teh and ‘The First Lady of Billiards’ Masako Katsura.