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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Malin Space Science Systems - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mars Color Imager (MARCI)</title> <meta name="description" content="" /> <meta name="keywords" content="" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta name="distribution" content="global" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/style.css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/functions.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.legit-1.3.2.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="container_inner"> <ul id="nav"> <li class="first"><a href="http://www.msss.com/">Home</a></li> <li><a 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border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; " title="Photograph of MSL MARDI camera head" /></a></center> <p>The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mars Color Imager (MARCI), shown here with a gloved hand for scale, is currently orbiting Mars and taking pictures used to monitor the weather by observing the entire planet every day at 5 visible and 2 ultraviolet wavelengths.</p> <h5> </h5> <center> <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="width: 660px; "> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; "><i>Launch:</i> 12 August 2005</td> <td style="text-align: center; "><i>Mars Orbit Insertion:</i> 10 March 2006</td> <td style="text-align: center; "><i>Status: </i>Orbiting, imaging Mars</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; "> <p> </p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.msss.com/msss_images/latest_weather.html" target="_blank">Latest MARCI Weather Report</a></strong></p> 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