# The Brief Anatomy of a PNG image ``` The first 24 bytes: (all numbers are uint32 big-endian) PNG HEADER ╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗ ║ 89 ║║ 50 ║║ 4e ║║ 47 ║║ 0d ║║ 0a ║║ 1a ║║ 0a ║ ╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CHUNK LENGTH CHUNK TYPE (IHDR) ╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗ ║ 00 ║║ 00 ║║ 00 ║║ 0d ║║ 49 ║║ 48 ║║ 44 ║║ 52 ║ ╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WIDTH HEIGHT ╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗╔════╗ ║ 00 ║║ 00 ║║ 02 ║║ 4c ║║ 00 ║║ 00 ║║ 03 ║║ 20 ║ ╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝╚════╝ 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ... rest of the bytes in the png image ... ```