E existe um <a href="https://hub.docker.com/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Docker Hub</a> público com **imagens de contêiner oficiais** pré-prontas para diversas ferramentas, ambientes, bancos de dados e aplicações.

Por exemplo, há uma <a href="https://hub.docker.com/_/python" class="external-link" target="_blank">Imagem Python</a> oficial.

When the **container** is started and running (started from a **container image**) it could create or change files, environment variables, etc. Those changes will exist only in that container, but would not persist in the underlying container image (would not be saved to disk).

A container image is comparable to the **program** file and contents, e.g. `python` and some file `main.py`.