K_s-band (left) and H-band (right) images of the central 438 × 438 pc of NGC 1068, obtained with SPHERE, where 1 arcsec is 70 pc. The intensity scaling corresponds to an Asinh law. For the K_s-band image the flux at peak (white area) is 2.3 × 10⁻³ Jy pixel⁻¹, and in the light blue area it is ≈6.0 × 10⁻⁶ Jy pixel⁻¹. For the H-band image the flux at peak (white) is 2.0 × 10⁻⁴ Jy pixel⁻¹, and in the light blue area it is ≈7.5 × 10⁻⁶ Jy pixel⁻¹.