On this day (May 16), American physicist Theodore Harold Maiman fired the first laser beam at Hughes Research Laboratories.
According to NYT, “the first laser shone with the brilliance of a million suns. Its beam spread less in one mile than a flashlight beam spreads when directed across the room.”
Google is celebrating the first laser anniversary with this new logo on their homepage.
But were you able to recognize that this is Google logo ? I couldn’t.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/can-you-guess-what-this-logo-is-all-about/3305/
Tags: feature, fun, logo design, Internet, Tumblelog

Reader Comments
Yes, bit diffcult to notice. But the starting “G” makes guessing easy.
Written by GANESH SHENOY on 05.16.08
Yes, it is quite easy, i can recognize it.
Pratheep
Written by Pratheep on 05.16.08
This is the worst Google doodle I have ever seen..
Written by Sudhir on 05.16.08
I observed this picture this morning, but was not able to figure out what this meant. Thanks for en-lighting me with the knowledge !
See ya at barcamp delhi4, are you coming?
Written by Rohit on 05.16.08
Bit of a hard one, but I think what got it for me was the colour combination. Cool looking one though
Written by ajit on 05.16.08
It doesn’t exactly look like a Google logo, but I instantly recognised the “Google colours”.
Written by Ee Ling on 05.16.08
i think about laser
Written by Pathak on 05.16.08
That’s quite tricky but that’s what Google is abt–creativity!.
Written by Rohit@sitegorge on 05.16.08
Yes, i did.
I could recogniza that this was something related to laser, but thanks amit for elaborating this. :)
Google Rocks!!!
Written by Ninad on 05.16.08
I couldn’t make it out at first but yea it makes sense now!
Written by Aakanksha on 05.16.08
It says that Google search is as faster as speed of laster..
Written by Abhishek Kumar on 05.16.08
I did not recognize it but after studying it and knowing what it is supposed to be I can barely make it out.
Written by John on 05.16.08