# Cicada 3301 2012: File:Cicada3301's First Message.jpg

> Cicada 3301, 2012. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The copy of the first image shown with its artifact.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D7R6W506NC3/file-cicada3301s-first-message-jpg  
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# File:Cicada3301's First Message.jpg

Cicada 3301, 2012. _Wikimedia Commons_.

The image posted to 4chan on 4 January 2012 that began the first round, 509 by 503 pixels, uploaded to Commons from the Uncovering Cicada wiki and tagged as public domain as text only (PD-textlogo).

**Cicada 3301** Web pageCopy of **[The first image, posted to 4chan in January 2012](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cicada-3301/artifacts/ART0D7R78BM7F6H/the-first-image-posted-to-4chan-in-january-2012)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The copy of the first image shown with its artifact.

## Cited by on this site 1 record

[The first image, posted to 4chan in January 2012: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cicada-3301/copies/CPY0D7R78KE2QND/the-first-image-posted-to-4chan-in-january-2012-photo)

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## Cite it

```
Cicada 3301 (2012). File:Cicada3301's First Message.jpg. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cicada3301%27s_First_Message.jpg
```

[Read it free at commons.wikimedia.org](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cicada3301%27s_First_Message.jpg)

Key

**SRC** 0D7R6W506NC3

Kind

Web page

Rights

public-domain

Kept

26 Oct 2026

Checked

Against the published original

Added by

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The record

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