diff --git a/app/src/components/exploreFurther/exploreFurther.tsx b/app/src/components/exploreFurther/exploreFurther.tsx
index a1e98cc8..8e6c831d 100644
--- a/app/src/components/exploreFurther/exploreFurther.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/exploreFurther/exploreFurther.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
 import { ExploreFurtherDataType } from "../../types/ExploreFurtherDataType";
 import exploreFurtherData from "../../data/exploreFurtherData";
 import { headerBreakpoints } from "../../utils/breakpoints";
-import Image from "next/image";
 
 const ExploreFurther = () => {
   const data: ExploreFurtherDataType[] = exploreFurtherData;
@@ -49,18 +48,13 @@ const ExploreFurther = () => {
             data-testid={`test-id-${index}`}
             mainActionLink={item.url}
             imageProps={{
-              component: (
-                <Image
-                  src={item.image}
-                  alt={""}
-                  sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 25vw"
-                  style={{
-                    width: "100%",
-                    minHeight: "100%",
-                  }}
-                />
-              ),
+              alt: "",
+              aspectRatio: "sixteenByNine",
+              component: undefined,
               isAtEnd: false,
+              isLazy: true,
+              size: "default",
+              src: item.imageSrc,
             }}
             layout="row"
             sx={{
diff --git a/app/src/data/exploreFurtherData.ts b/app/src/data/exploreFurtherData.ts
index 145be004..a8331ce1 100644
--- a/app/src/data/exploreFurtherData.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/exploreFurtherData.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const exploreFurtherData: ExploreFurtherDataType[] = [
     url: "http://nypl.artehouse.com/perl/home.pl",
     image: serviceArtehouse,
     imgAlt: "Service Artehouse",
+    imageSrc: "/service-artehouse.jpg",
   },
   {
     title: "NYPL Archives and Manuscripts",
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const exploreFurtherData: ExploreFurtherDataType[] = [
     url: "http://archives.nypl.org/",
     image: serviceArchives,
     imgAlt: "Service Archives",
+    imageSrc: "/service-archives.jpg",
   },
   {
     title: "NYPL Research Catalog",
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ const exploreFurtherData: ExploreFurtherDataType[] = [
     url: "https://www.nypl.org/research/research-catalog/ ",
     image: researchCatalog,
     imgAlt: "NYPL Research Catalog",
+    imageSrc: "/ResearchCatalogThumbnail_v2.jpg",
   },
   {
     title: "NYPL Digital Collections API",
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ const exploreFurtherData: ExploreFurtherDataType[] = [
     url: "https://api.repo.nypl.org/",
     image: serviceApi,
     imgAlt: "Service API",
+    imageSrc: "/service-api.jpg",
   },
   {
     title: "Digital Public Library of America",
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ const exploreFurtherData: ExploreFurtherDataType[] = [
     url: "http://dp.la/",
     image: serviceDpla,
     imgAlt: "Service Digital Public Library",
+    imageSrc: "/service-dpla.jpg",
   },
 ];
 
diff --git a/app/src/types/ExploreFurtherDataType.ts b/app/src/types/ExploreFurtherDataType.ts
index 4b496a5c..a9a4fef8 100644
--- a/app/src/types/ExploreFurtherDataType.ts
+++ b/app/src/types/ExploreFurtherDataType.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ export interface ExploreFurtherDataType {
   description: string;
   imgAlt: string;
   image: StaticImageData;
+  imageSrc: string;
 }