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Spelling it out for the people in the back:
This is a section of a photograph that appeared in Playboy, depicting model Lena Forsén. This image was for years used as a reference image for image processing software — comparable to a TV test pattern but for, e.g., the development of JPEG.
Lots of folks think these circumstances are pretty weird for various reasons. The model has requested that the image be retired: "I retired from modeling a long time ago. It’s time I retired from tech, too."
BobbyBroccoli has a great 30 minute mini documentary about this image. If you like this I’d highly recommend all of his science documentaries!
I was going to link the same thing. My favorite video of his is the video on Victor Ninov (the guy who faked an element).
But it's just a small and famous part of the full image.
