# Images

Images can be a great supplement to technical documentation text. Sphinx provides control for their alignment in the content, as well as the ability to add captions.

## Basic Usage

```{furo-demo}
![](https://source.unsplash.com/200x200/daily?ferret)

This is from Markdown.

+++

.. image:: https://source.unsplash.com/200x200/daily?ferret

This is from reStructuredText.
```

## Alignment

````{furo-demo}
```{image} https://source.unsplash.com/200x200/daily?ferret
:align: center
```

This is from Markdown.

+++

.. image:: https://source.unsplash.com/200x200/daily?ferret
   :align: center

This is from reStructuredText.
````

## Captions

````{furo-demo}

```{figure} https://source.unsplash.com/200x200/daily?ferret
This is a captioned image, which needs the "figure" directive.
```

This is from Markdown.

+++

.. figure:: https://source.unsplash.com/200x200/daily?ferret

    This is a captioned image, which needs the "figure" directive.

This is from reStructuredText.
````
