Google, the one of the most innovative companies that presented some new Chrome features several days ago continues to surprise users. A lunar eclipse that happened yesterday at 11:20 AM PDT and lasted for about three hours was broadcast live by Google.

As said in the Google’s blog “we were both excited and disappointed that this rare occasion wouldn’t be visible from our Mountain View campus like last year eclipse.” So the guys decided to do something.

Google teamed up with Slooh Space Camera to make the longlasting 100-minute long eclipse viewable online through a variety of means. Those unlucky to observe the eclipse in real time (South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia) could go online and watch the unprecedented natural phenomenon on YouTube, in the Sky layer on Google Earth, and in Slooh’s Android app and Google App Engine-based website (which came with narration from actual astronomers).

Now there’s a special interactive doodle at the Google homepage that’s still available. The feature will update throughout the day to show the latest state of the moon with the lunar imagery provided by Slooh.