Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Color Imager (MARCI)
Launch: 12 August 2005
Mars Orbit Insertion: 10 March 2006
Status: Orbiting, imaging Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mars Color
Imager (MARCI), shown here with a gloved hand for
scale, is designed to take pictures that monitor
the weather on Mars for at least 1 martian year,
observing the entire planet
every day at 5 visible and 2 ultraviolet wavelengths.