<s>
The	O
Visual	B-Algorithm
Monitoring	I-Algorithm
Camera	I-Algorithm
(	O
VMC	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Video	O
Monitoring	O
Camera	O
and	O
Mars	B-Algorithm
Webcam	I-Algorithm
,	O
is	O
a	O
small	O
camera	O
mounted	O
on	O
Mars	O
Express	O
spacecraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
VMC	O
was	O
a	O
technical	O
camera	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
separation	O
of	O
the	O
Beagle	O
2	O
lander	O
,	O
but	O
after	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
repurposed	O
into	O
Mars	B-Algorithm
Webcam	I-Algorithm
,	O
streaming	O
its	O
data	O
to	O
the	O
web	O
and	O
even	O
being	O
used	O
for	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
VMC	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Mars	B-Algorithm
Webcam	I-Algorithm
project	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
takes	O
global	O
views	O
of	O
Mars	O
at	O
a	O
high	O
cadence	O
and	O
they	O
are	O
posted	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mars	B-Algorithm
Webcam	I-Algorithm
project	O
was	O
born	O
and	O
proved	O
popular	O
with	O
the	O
public	O
,	O
offering	O
wide-angle	O
shots	O
of	O
Mars	O
on	O
a	O
regular	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
images	O
are	O
published	O
to	O
the	O
camera	O
's	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
account	O
in	O
a	O
fully	O
automated	O
process	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
received	O
from	O
the	O
spacecraft	O
,	O
sometimes	O
in	O
as	O
little	O
as	O
75	O
minutes	O
from	O
when	O
the	O
photograph	O
was	O
taken	O
at	O
Mars	O
.	O
</s>
