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[[File:Mars-Haze-VMC.jpeg|thumbnail|Valles Marineris on Mars in haze]]

[[File:Beagle-2-separation.png|thumbnail|Beagle 2 separation]]

[[File:Elysium Planitia labelled view.jpg|thumb|Global view of planet Mars, with [[Elysium Planitia]], where [[InSight]] landed in 2018, and Gale crater, where Curiosity landed in 2012 noted along with the North polar cap]]

The '''Visual Monitoring Camera''' ('''VMC'''),<ref name="faq">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.esa.int/vmc/faq/ |title=Mars Webcam: FAQ |website=blogs.esa.int |publisher=[[European Space Agency]]}}</ref> also known as the '''Video Monitoring Camera'''<ref name="bulletin109">{{cite journal |url=http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet109/chapter9_bul109.pdf |title=Studies on the Re-use of the Mars Express Platform |journal=ESA Bulletin |first1=A. |last1=Gimenez |first2=J-P. |last2=Lebreton |first3=H. |last3=Svedhem |first4=J. |last4=Tauber |issue=109 |date=February 2002}}</ref> and '''Mars Webcam''', is a small camera mounted on ''[[Mars Express]]'' spacecraft. It is operated by the Mars Express Flight Control Team at [[ESOC]] in [[Darmstadt]], Germany.