# Photo Gallery
***Photos menu*** provides a convenient way to view images from the vehicle. You can access it from the main left toolbar.
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Images are continuously downloaded from the vehicle while it is connected and not deleted from the vehicle after download.
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## Gallery View
The gallery view displays a grid of thumbnail images for downloaded photos. Individual thumbnails can be to view the image in greater detail.
The gallery can be scrolled and images re-sized using the normal mechanisms for the ground station operating system (e.g. drag, pinch, etc.).
Select (short-press) a thumbnail to open the photo full-screen in the image viewer. Long-press any thumbnail to start multi-image selection, in preparation for deleting multiple images.
There are also buttons to open the operating system folders containing photos and videos.
## Image Viewer
The image view displays a selected image full-screen.
Buttons are provided to view image metadata, open it in the default OS image viewer, and delete the file.
Photo view on the computer
| Name | Description |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Close** | Close image viewer (return to gallery). |
| **Delete** | Delete image. |
| **Open with external editor** | Open image in the default image viewer for the operating system. |
| **Show metadata** | Open all the information about the picture. |
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