diff --git a/src/components/_shared/Lightbox/Lightbox.module.scss b/src/components/_shared/Lightbox/Lightbox.module.scss
index 6f99e359..de7910d2 100644
--- a/src/components/_shared/Lightbox/Lightbox.module.scss
+++ b/src/components/_shared/Lightbox/Lightbox.module.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   justify-content: center;
   z-index: 10000;
 
+  animation: 300ms fadeIn;
+  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
+
   .image {
     max-width: 90%;
     max-height: 80%;
@@ -72,3 +75,28 @@
     }
   }
 }
+
+.fadeOut {
+  animation: 300ms fadeOut;
+  animation-fill-mode: backwards;
+}
+
+@keyframes fadeIn {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+
+  100% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes fadeOut {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+
+  100% {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/_shared/Lightbox/Lightbox.tsx b/src/components/_shared/Lightbox/Lightbox.tsx
index 56092245..89c7d94b 100644
--- a/src/components/_shared/Lightbox/Lightbox.tsx
+++ b/src/components/_shared/Lightbox/Lightbox.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { clsx } from 'clsx'
-import { createSignal } from 'solid-js'
+import { createMemo, createSignal, onCleanup } from 'solid-js'
 
 import { useEscKeyDownHandler } from '../../../utils/useEscKeyDownHandler'
 import { Icon } from '../Icon'
@@ -8,40 +8,109 @@ import styles from './Lightbox.module.scss'
 
 type Props = {
   class?: string
+  imageAlt?: string
   image: string
   onClose: () => void
 }
 
 const ZOOM_STEP = 1.08
+const TRANSITION_SPEED = 300
+
 export const Lightbox = (props: Props) => {
   const [zoomLevel, setZoomLevel] = createSignal(1)
+  const [translateX, setTranslateX] = createSignal(0)
+  const [translateY, setTranslateY] = createSignal(0)
+  const [transitionEnabled, setTransitionEnabled] = createSignal(false)
+
+  const lightboxRef: {
+    current: HTMLElement
+  } = {
+    current: null,
+  }
 
   const closeLightbox = () => {
-    props.onClose()
+    lightboxRef.current?.classList.add(styles.fadeOut)
+
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      props.onClose()
+    }, 300)
   }
 
   const zoomIn = (event) => {
     event.stopPropagation()
+    setTransitionEnabled(true)
     setZoomLevel(zoomLevel() * ZOOM_STEP)
+    setTimeout(() => setTransitionEnabled(false), TRANSITION_SPEED)
   }
+
   const zoomOut = (event) => {
     event.stopPropagation()
+    setTransitionEnabled(true)
     setZoomLevel(zoomLevel() / ZOOM_STEP)
+    setTimeout(() => setTransitionEnabled(false), TRANSITION_SPEED)
   }
+
   const zoomReset = (event) => {
     event.stopPropagation()
     setZoomLevel(1)
   }
 
-  const lightboxStyle = () => ({
-    transform: `scale(${zoomLevel()})`,
-    transition: 'transform 0.3s ease',
-  })
+  const handleWheelZoom = (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault()
+
+    let scale = zoomLevel()
+
+    scale += event.deltaY * -0.01
+
+    scale = Math.min(Math.max(0.125, scale), 4)
+
+    setZoomLevel(scale * ZOOM_STEP)
+  }
 
   useEscKeyDownHandler(closeLightbox)
 
+  let startX: number = 0
+  let startY: number = 0
+  let isDragging: boolean = false
+
+  const onMouseDown: (event: MouseEvent) => void = (event) => {
+    startX = event.clientX - translateX()
+    startY = event.clientY - translateY()
+    isDragging = true
+    event.preventDefault()
+  }
+
+  const onMouseMove: (event: MouseEvent) => void = (event) => {
+    if (isDragging) {
+      setTranslateX(event.clientX - startX)
+      setTranslateY(event.clientY - startY)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onMouseUp: () => void = () => {
+    isDragging = false
+  }
+
+  document.addEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove)
+  document.addEventListener('mouseup', onMouseUp)
+
+  onCleanup(() => {
+    document.removeEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove)
+    document.removeEventListener('mouseup', onMouseUp)
+  })
+
+  const lightboxStyle = createMemo(() => ({
+    transform: `translate(${translateX()}px, ${translateY()}px) scale(${zoomLevel()})`,
+    transition: transitionEnabled() ? `transform ${TRANSITION_SPEED}ms ease-in-out` : '',
+    cursor: 'grab',
+  }))
+
   return (
-    <div class={clsx(styles.Lightbox, props.class)} onClick={closeLightbox}>
+    <div
+      class={clsx(styles.Lightbox, props.class)}
+      onClick={closeLightbox}
+      ref={(el) => (lightboxRef.current = el)}
+    >
       <span class={styles.close} onClick={closeLightbox}>
         <Icon name="close-white" class={styles.icon} />
       </span>
@@ -59,9 +128,11 @@ export const Lightbox = (props: Props) => {
       <img
         class={styles.image}
         src={props.image}
-        style={lightboxStyle()}
-        alt={''}
+        alt={props.imageAlt || ''}
         onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}
+        onWheel={handleWheelZoom}
+        style={lightboxStyle()}
+        onMouseDown={onMouseDown}
       />
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/src/components/_shared/SolidSwiper/ImageSwiper.tsx b/src/components/_shared/SolidSwiper/ImageSwiper.tsx
index 93864056..5364e47b 100644
--- a/src/components/_shared/SolidSwiper/ImageSwiper.tsx
+++ b/src/components/_shared/SolidSwiper/ImageSwiper.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { MediaItem } from '../../../pages/types'
 import { getImageUrl } from '../../../utils/getImageUrl'
 import { Icon } from '../Icon'
 import { Image } from '../Image'
+import { Lightbox } from '../Lightbox'
 
 import { SwiperRef } from './swiper'
 
@@ -23,12 +24,14 @@ type Props = {
 const MIN_WIDTH = 540
 
 export const ImageSwiper = (props: Props) => {
-  const [slideIndex, setSlideIndex] = createSignal(0)
-  const [isMobileView, setIsMobileView] = createSignal(false)
   const mainSwipeRef: { current: SwiperRef } = { current: null }
   const thumbSwipeRef: { current: SwiperRef } = { current: null }
   const swiperMainContainer: { current: HTMLDivElement } = { current: null }
 
+  const [slideIndex, setSlideIndex] = createSignal(0)
+  const [isMobileView, setIsMobileView] = createSignal(false)
+  const [selectedImage, setSelectedImage] = createSignal('')
+
   const handleSlideChange = () => {
     thumbSwipeRef.current.swiper.slideTo(mainSwipeRef.current.swiper.activeIndex)
     setSlideIndex(mainSwipeRef.current.swiper.activeIndex)
@@ -76,6 +79,19 @@ export const ImageSwiper = (props: Props) => {
     })
   })
 
+  const openLightbox = (image) => {
+    setSelectedImage(image)
+  }
+  const handleLightboxClose = () => {
+    setSelectedImage()
+  }
+
+  const handleImageClick = (event) => {
+    const src = event.target.src
+
+    openLightbox(getImageUrl(src))
+  }
+
   return (
     <div class={clsx(styles.Swiper, styles.articleMode, { [styles.mobileView]: isMobileView() })}>
       <div class={styles.container} ref={(el) => (swiperMainContainer.current = el)}>
@@ -94,7 +110,7 @@ export const ImageSwiper = (props: Props) => {
                   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
                   // @ts-ignore
                   <swiper-slide lazy="true" virtual-index={index()}>
-                    <div class={styles.image}>
+                    <div class={styles.image} onClick={handleImageClick}>
                       <Image src={slide.url} alt={slide.title} width={800} />
                     </div>
                   </swiper-slide>
@@ -178,6 +194,10 @@ export const ImageSwiper = (props: Props) => {
           <div class={styles.body} innerHTML={props.images[slideIndex()].body} />
         </Show>
       </div>
+
+      <Show when={selectedImage()}>
+        <Lightbox image={selectedImage()} onClose={handleLightboxClose} />
+      </Show>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/_shared/SolidSwiper/Swiper.module.scss b/src/components/_shared/SolidSwiper/Swiper.module.scss
index 4928695e..f4dbccf1 100644
--- a/src/components/_shared/SolidSwiper/Swiper.module.scss
+++ b/src/components/_shared/SolidSwiper/Swiper.module.scss
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
       img {
         max-height: 100%;
         width: auto;
+        cursor: zoom-in;
       }
     }