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docs: add advanced data source picker option in Explore (#72412)

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* updated screenshots in explore index page

* add advanced data picker option to jaeger, tempo, and zipkin data source docs

* Revert changes to data source files

Reverting changes to data source files to maintain scope of this PR as just updating Explore. Changes to other areas where DS picker has been updated will be addressed on another PR when that scope has been decided.

* Fixed indentation and made advanced ds picker language more robust
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@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ To access Explore:
Alternately to start with an existing query in a panel, choose the Explore option from the Panel menu. This opens an Explore tab with the query from the panel and allows you to tweak or iterate in the query outside of your dashboard.
{{< figure src="/static/img/docs/explore/panel_dropdown-7-4.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" max-width= "650px" caption="Screenshot of the new Explore option in the panel menu" >}}
{{< figure src="/media/docs/grafana/panels-visualizations/screenshot-panel-menu-10.1.png" class="docs-image--no-shadow" max-width= "650px" caption="Screenshot of the panel menu including the Explore option" >}}
1. Choose your data source from the drop-down in the top left.
You can also click **Open advanced data source picker** to see more data source options including adding a data source.
1. Choose your data source from the dropdown in the top left.
1. Write the query using a query editor provided by the selected data source. Please check [data sources documentation]({{< relref "../datasources" >}}) to see how to use various query editors.
1. For general documentation on querying data sources in Grafana, see [Query and transform data]({{< relref "../panels-visualizations/query-transform-data" >}}).
1. Run the query using the button in the top right corner.
@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ To open the split view:
It is possible to select another data source for the new query which for example, allows you to compare the same query for two different servers or to compare the staging environment to the production environment.
{{< figure src="/static/img/docs/explore/explore_split-7-4.png" max-width= "950px" caption="Screenshot of Explore option in the panel menu" >}}
{{< figure src="/media/docs/grafana/panels-visualizations/screenshot-explore-split-10.1.png" max-width= "950px" caption="Screenshot of Explore screen split" >}}
In split view, timepickers for both panels can be linked (if you change one, the other gets changed as well) by clicking on one of the time-sync buttons attached to the timepickers. Linking of timepickers helps with keeping the start and the end times of the split view queries in sync. It ensures that you’re looking at the same time interval in both split panels.