diff --git a/components/carousel.js b/components/carousel.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..666c895b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/carousel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { createContext, useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import classNames from 'classnames'
+import ArrowLeft from '@/svgs/arrow-left-line.svg'
+import ArrowRight from '@/svgs/arrow-right-line.svg'
+import styles from './carousel.module.css'
+import { useShowModal } from './modal'
+import { Dropdown } from 'react-bootstrap'
+
+function useSwiping ({ moveLeft, moveRight }) {
+  const [touchStartX, setTouchStartX] = useState(null)
+
+  const onTouchStart = useCallback((e) => {
+    if (e.touches.length === 1) {
+      setTouchStartX(e.touches[0].clientX)
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  const onTouchEnd = useCallback((e) => {
+    if (touchStartX !== null) {
+      const touchEndX = e.changedTouches[0].clientX
+      const diff = touchEndX - touchStartX
+      if (diff > 50) {
+        moveLeft()
+      } else if (diff < -50) {
+        moveRight()
+      }
+      setTouchStartX(null)
+    }
+  }, [touchStartX, moveLeft, moveRight])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    document.addEventListener('touchstart', onTouchStart)
+    document.addEventListener('touchend', onTouchEnd)
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener('touchstart', onTouchStart)
+      document.removeEventListener('touchend', onTouchEnd)
+    }
+  }, [onTouchStart, onTouchEnd])
+}
+
+function useArrowKeys ({ moveLeft, moveRight }) {
+  const onKeyDown = useCallback((e) => {
+    if (e.key === 'ArrowLeft') {
+      moveLeft()
+    } else if (e.key === 'ArrowRight') {
+      moveRight()
+    }
+  }, [moveLeft, moveRight])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    document.addEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown)
+    return () => document.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown)
+  }, [onKeyDown])
+}
+
+export default function Carousel ({ close, mediaArr, src, originalSrc, setOptions }) {
+  const [index, setIndex] = useState(mediaArr.findIndex(([key]) => key === src))
+  const [currentSrc, canGoLeft, canGoRight] = useMemo(() => {
+    return [mediaArr[index][0], index > 0, index < mediaArr.length - 1]
+  }, [mediaArr, index])
+
+  const moveLeft = useCallback(() => {
+    setIndex(i => Math.max(0, i - 1))
+  }, [setIndex])
+
+  const moveRight = useCallback(() => {
+    setIndex(i => Math.min(mediaArr.length - 1, i + 1))
+  }, [setIndex, mediaArr.length])
+
+  useSwiping({ moveLeft, moveRight })
+  useArrowKeys({ moveLeft, moveRight })
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.fullScreenContainer} onClick={close}>
+      <img className={styles.fullScreen} src={currentSrc} />
+      <div className={styles.fullScreenNavContainer}>
+        <div
+          className={classNames(styles.fullScreenNav, !canGoLeft && 'invisible', styles.left)}
+          onClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation()
+            moveLeft()
+          }}
+        >
+          <ArrowLeft width={34} height={34} />
+        </div>
+        <div
+          className={classNames(styles.fullScreenNav, !canGoRight && 'invisible', styles.right)}
+          onClick={(e) => {
+            e.stopPropagation()
+            moveRight()
+          }}
+        >
+          <ArrowRight width={34} height={34} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+const CarouselContext = createContext()
+
+function CarouselOverflow ({ originalSrc, rel }) {
+  return <Dropdown.Item href={originalSrc} rel={rel} target='_blank'>view original</Dropdown.Item>
+}
+
+export function CarouselProvider ({ children }) {
+  const media = useRef(new Map())
+  const showModal = useShowModal()
+
+  const showCarousel = useCallback(({ src }) => {
+    showModal((close, setOptions) => {
+      return <Carousel close={close} mediaArr={Array.from(media.current.entries())} src={src} setOptions={setOptions} />
+    }, {
+      fullScreen: true,
+      overflow: <CarouselOverflow {...media.current.get(src)} />
+    })
+  }, [showModal, media.current])
+
+  const addMedia = useCallback(({ src, originalSrc, rel }) => {
+    media.current.set(src, { src, originalSrc, rel })
+  }, [media.current])
+
+  const value = useMemo(() => ({ showCarousel, addMedia }), [showCarousel, addMedia])
+  return <CarouselContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</CarouselContext.Provider>
+}
+
+export function useCarousel () {
+  return useContext(CarouselContext)
+}
diff --git a/components/carousel.module.css b/components/carousel.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..505c999a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/carousel.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+div.fullScreenNavContainer {
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: center;
+}
+
+img.fullScreen {
+    cursor: zoom-out !important;
+    max-height: 100%;
+    max-width: 100vw;
+    min-width: 0;
+    min-height: 0;
+    align-self: center;
+    justify-self: center;
+    user-select: none;
+}
+
+.fullScreenContainer {
+    --bs-columns: 1;
+    --bs-rows: 1;
+    display: grid;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+}
+
+div.fullScreenNav:hover > svg {
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
+}
+
+div.fullScreenNav  {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    pointer-events: auto;
+    width: 72px;
+    height: 72px;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+}
+
+div.fullScreenNav.left {
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+}
+
+div.fullScreenNav.right {
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+}
+
+div.fullScreenNav > svg {
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    backdrop-filter: blur(4px);
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
+    fill: white;
+    max-height: 34px;
+    max-width: 34px;
+    padding: 0.35rem;
+    margin: .75rem;
+}
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diff --git a/components/item-full.js b/components/item-full.js
index 5dab9dc3..a57b8883 100644
--- a/components/item-full.js
+++ b/components/item-full.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { numWithUnits } from '@/lib/format'
 import { useQuoteReply } from './use-quote-reply'
 import { UNKNOWN_LINK_REL } from '@/lib/constants'
 import classNames from 'classnames'
+import { CarouselProvider } from './carousel'
 
 function BioItem ({ item, handleClick }) {
   const { me } = useMe()
@@ -156,20 +157,22 @@ export default function ItemFull ({ item, bio, rank, ...props }) {
           </div>)
         : <div />}
       <RootProvider root={item.root || item}>
-        {item.parentId
-          ? <Comment topLevel item={item} replyOpen includeParent noComments {...props} />
-          : (
-            <div>{bio
-              ? <BioItem item={item} {...props} />
-              : <TopLevelItem item={item} {...props} />}
-            </div>)}
-        {item.comments &&
-          <div className={styles.comments}>
-            <Comments
-              parentId={item.id} parentCreatedAt={item.createdAt}
-              pinned={item.position} bio={bio} commentSats={item.commentSats} comments={item.comments}
-            />
-          </div>}
+        <CarouselProvider key={item.id}>
+          {item.parentId
+            ? <Comment topLevel item={item} replyOpen includeParent noComments {...props} />
+            : (
+              <div>{bio
+                ? <BioItem item={item} {...props} />
+                : <TopLevelItem item={item} {...props} />}
+              </div>)}
+          {item.comments &&
+            <div className={styles.comments}>
+              <Comments
+                parentId={item.id} parentCreatedAt={item.createdAt}
+                pinned={item.position} bio={bio} commentSats={item.commentSats} comments={item.comments}
+              />
+            </div>}
+        </CarouselProvider>
       </RootProvider>
     </>
   )
diff --git a/components/media-or-link.js b/components/media-or-link.js
index 76ac52d7..e5ccc918 100644
--- a/components/media-or-link.js
+++ b/components/media-or-link.js
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import styles from './text.module.css'
 import { useState, useEffect, useMemo, useCallback, memo, useRef } from 'react'
 import { decodeProxyUrl, IMGPROXY_URL_REGEXP, MEDIA_DOMAIN_REGEXP, parseEmbedUrl } from '@/lib/url'
-import { useShowModal } from './modal'
 import { useMe } from './me'
-import { Button, Dropdown } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { UNKNOWN_LINK_REL } from '@/lib/constants'
 import classNames from 'classnames'
 import { TwitterTweetEmbed } from 'react-twitter-embed'
 import YouTube from 'react-youtube'
 import useDarkMode from './dark-mode'
+import { useCarousel } from './carousel'
 
 function LinkRaw ({ href, children, src, rel }) {
   const isRawURL = /^https?:\/\//.test(children?.[0])
@@ -52,27 +52,15 @@ const Media = memo(function Media ({ src, bestResSrc, srcSet, sizes, width, heig
 export default function MediaOrLink ({ linkFallback = true, ...props }) {
   const media = useMediaHelper(props)
   const [error, setError] = useState(false)
-  const showModal = useShowModal()
+  const { showCarousel, addMedia } = useCarousel()
 
-  const handleClick = useCallback(() => showModal(close => {
-    return (
-      <div
-        className={styles.fullScreenContainer}
-        onClick={close}
-      >
-        <img className={styles.fullScreen} src={media.bestResSrc} />
-      </div>
-    )
-  }, {
-    fullScreen: true,
-    overflow: (
-      <Dropdown.Item
-        href={media.originalSrc} target='_blank'
-        rel={props.rel ?? UNKNOWN_LINK_REL}
-      >
-        open original
-      </Dropdown.Item>)
-  }), [showModal, media.originalSrc, styles, media.bestResSrc])
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!media.image) return
+    addMedia({ src: media.bestResSrc, originalSrc: media.originalSrc, rel: props.rel })
+  }, [media.image])
+
+  const handleClick = useCallback(() => showCarousel({ src: media.bestResSrc }),
+    [showCarousel, media.bestResSrc])
 
   const handleError = useCallback((err) => {
     console.error('Error loading media', err)
diff --git a/components/modal.js b/components/modal.js
index f785dd89..96aff77a 100644
--- a/components/modal.js
+++ b/components/modal.js
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ export default function useModal () {
     forceUpdate()
   }, [])
 
+  const setOptions = useCallback(options => {
+    const current = getCurrentContent()
+    if (current) {
+      current.options = { ...current.options, ...options }
+      forceUpdate()
+    }
+  }, [getCurrentContent, forceUpdate])
+
   // this is called on every navigation due to below useEffect
   const onClose = useCallback(() => {
     while (modalStack.current.length) {
@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ export default function useModal () {
 
   const showModal = useCallback(
     (getContent, options) => {
-      const ref = { node: getContent(onClose), options }
+      const ref = { node: getContent(onClose, setOptions), options }
       if (options?.replaceModal) {
         modalStack.current = [ref]
       } else {
diff --git a/components/text.js b/components/text.js
index ac5c2851..741b1e1a 100644
--- a/components/text.js
+++ b/components/text.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual'
 import UserPopover from './user-popover'
 import ItemPopover from './item-popover'
 import classNames from 'classnames'
+import { CarouselProvider, useCarousel } from './carousel'
 
 // Explicitely defined start/end tags & which CSS class from text.module.css to apply
 export const rehypeSuperscript = () => rehypeStyler('<sup>', '</sup>', styles.superscript)
@@ -148,8 +149,9 @@ export default memo(function Text ({ rel, imgproxyUrls, children, tab, itemId, o
       return url
     }
     const srcSet = imgproxyUrls?.[url]
+
     return <MediaOrLink srcSet={srcSet} tab={tab} src={src} rel={rel ?? UNKNOWN_LINK_REL} {...props} topLevel={topLevel} />
-  }, [imgproxyUrls, topLevel, tab])
+  }, [imgproxyUrls, topLevel, tab, outlawed, rel])
 
   const components = useMemo(() => ({
     h1: Heading,
@@ -261,16 +263,29 @@ export default memo(function Text ({ rel, imgproxyUrls, children, tab, itemId, o
 
   const remarkPlugins = useMemo(() => [gfm, mention, sub], [])
   const rehypePlugins = useMemo(() => [rehypeInlineCodeProperty, rehypeSuperscript, rehypeSubscript], [])
+  const carousel = useCarousel()
 
   return (
     <div className={classNames(styles.text, topLevel && styles.topLevel, show ? styles.textUncontained : overflowing && styles.textContained)} ref={containerRef}>
-      <ReactMarkdown
-        components={components}
-        remarkPlugins={remarkPlugins}
-        rehypePlugins={rehypePlugins}
-      >
-        {children}
-      </ReactMarkdown>
+      {carousel && tab !== 'preview'
+        ? (
+          <ReactMarkdown
+            components={components}
+            remarkPlugins={remarkPlugins}
+            rehypePlugins={rehypePlugins}
+          >
+            {children}
+          </ReactMarkdown>)
+        : (
+          <CarouselProvider>
+            <ReactMarkdown
+              components={components}
+              remarkPlugins={remarkPlugins}
+              rehypePlugins={rehypePlugins}
+            >
+              {children}
+            </ReactMarkdown>
+          </CarouselProvider>)}
       {overflowing && !show &&
         <Button size='lg' variant='info' className={styles.textShowFull} onClick={() => setShow(true)}>
           show full text
diff --git a/components/text.module.css b/components/text.module.css
index 7985afb2..470a2fb8 100644
--- a/components/text.module.css
+++ b/components/text.module.css
@@ -233,26 +233,6 @@
     max-height: 35vh;
 }
 
-img.fullScreen {
-    cursor: zoom-out !important;
-    max-height: 100%;
-    max-width: 100vw;
-    min-width: 0;
-    min-height: 0;
-    align-self: center;
-    justify-self: center;
-}
-
-.fullScreenContainer {
-    --bs-columns: 1;
-    --bs-rows: 1;
-    display: grid;
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    align-content: center;
-    justify-content: center;
-}
-
 .text table {
     width: auto;
 }
diff --git a/styles/globals.scss b/styles/globals.scss
index 711d507f..d19a8d50 100644
--- a/styles/globals.scss
+++ b/styles/globals.scss
@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ $zindex-sticky: 900;
 }
 
 @keyframes pulse {
-0% {
-  opacity: 42%;
-}
+  0% {
+    opacity: 42%;
+  }
 }
 
 svg {
diff --git a/svgs/arrow-right-line.svg b/svgs/arrow-right-line.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85f93cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svgs/arrow-right-line.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor"><path d="M16.1716 10.9999L10.8076 5.63589L12.2218 4.22168L20 11.9999L12.2218 19.778L10.8076 18.3638L16.1716 12.9999H4V10.9999H16.1716Z"></path></svg>
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