The formatting docs don’t really elaborate this, but any text inside the [ ] part of an image markup will be used as alt text when it renders the image.

![A red rose in a glass vase](/images/rose.jpg)

So, when posting images, be a friend to those using assistive technologies and add descriptive alt text.

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Great to know, thanks!

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