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{{As of|2017|10}}, more than 21,000 images had been returned.<ref name="esa20171017">{{cite web |url=https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Webcam_on_Mars_Express_surveys_high-altitude_clouds |title=Webcam on Mars Express surveys high-altitude clouds |publisher=European Space Agency |first1=Agustin |last1=Sánchez-Lavega |first2=Dmitri |last2=Titov |first3=Markus |last3=Bauer |date=17 October 2017 |accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref> New images are published to the camera's Flickr account in a fully automated process as they are received from the spacecraft,<ref name="planetary20121219">{{cite web |url=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/12190600-mars-express-vmc.html |title=Mars Express VMC resumes raw data posting |publisher=[[The Planetary Society]] |first=Emily |last=Lakdawalla |date=19 December 2012 |accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref> sometimes in as little as 75 minutes from when the photograph was taken at Mars.<ref name="esa20171017" /> All images produced by the VMC are released under a [[Creative Commons]] Attribution/ShareAlike license (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO).<ref name="flickr">{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/people/esa_marswebcam/ |title=VMC The Mars Webcam |work=Flickr.com |accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref>

In 2018, MW posted pictures of the global Mars dust storm online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/esamarswebcam|title=VMC - Mars Webcam (@esamarswebcam) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>

== Technical specifications ==

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== Observation targets ==

Noted observations:<ref>{{Citecite journal web|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063313003322|title=''Planetary and Space Science'': Spacecraft exploration of Phobos and Deimos |lastjournal=DuxburyPlanetary and Space Science |firstfirst1=Thomas C. |datelast1=NovemberDuxbury 1,|first2=Alexander V. 2014|websitelast2=wwwZakharov |first3=Harald |last3=Hoffmann |first4=Edward A.sciencedirect.com |archive-urllast4=Guinness |archivedisplay-dateauthors=1 |dead-urlvolume=102 |accesspages=9-17 |date=2019-02-15November 2014 |doi=10.1016/j.pss.2013.12.008 |bibcode=2014P&SS..102....9D}}</ref>

*Beagle 2

*Mars

**2018 Martian dust storm<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1010757825830801408 |title=New VMC Images direct from Mars! |user=esamarswebcam |date=24 June 2018}}</ref>

*Beagle 2

== See also ==

*[[JunoCam]] (another Education/Public outreach space camera on a space probe)