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Why is there a webcam orbiting Mars?
We often refer to VMC as the ‘Mars Webcam’ since the images it takes are comparable in resolution and colour depth to those of a standard home webcam that you would have bought from your local PC store back in 2003 when the spacecraft was launched.
However don’t let the Webcam tag fool you! It’s a serious piece of kit with a very real engineering purpose.