# Google's homepage picture today (Monday 28 May): Ruby Payne-Scott

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-homepage-picture-today-monday-28-may-ruby-payne-scott/623316 "2012-05-28T03:48:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-homepage-picture-today-monday-28-may-ruby-payne-scott/623316/1 "2012-05-28T03:48:09Z")

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I see that today’s image is that of [Ruby Payne-Scott](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Payne-Scott), an Australian radio astronomer.

Is this the image in other countries today, or is it just Australia that’s getting it because of Payne-Scott’s nationality?

More broadly, does Google generally use the same image world-wide on any given day, or does it also tailor images to different jurisdictions?

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**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-homepage-picture-today-monday-28-may-ruby-payne-scott/623316/2 "2012-05-28T03:52:25Z")

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I’m in the US and getting just the standard “Google” letters, no picture

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**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-homepage-picture-today-monday-28-may-ruby-payne-scott/623316/3 "2012-05-28T04:02:15Z")

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They can be country specific, actually - this one’s only for google.com.au. [Here](http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2012/All%20doodles)’s the archives.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-homepage-picture-today-monday-28-may-ruby-payne-scott/623316/4 "2012-05-28T04:39:29Z")

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> [@Svejk\_1](#):
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> They can be country specific, actually - this one’s only for google.com.au. [Here](http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2012/All%20doodles)’s the archives.

I wonder if it’s state-specific as well? It’s still the 27th here and I see a doodle of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary (tomorrow will almost certainly be something Memorial Day related).

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-homepage-picture-today-monday-28-may-ruby-payne-scott/623316/5 "2012-05-28T05:09:37Z")

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Just looked at them all, the more recent, the more esoteric.