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import urllib
import urllib2
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# 1. imread can load a PNG URL thusly...
url = 'http://optipng.sourceforge.net/pngtech/img/lena.png'
im = plt.imread(urllib2.urlopen(url),format='png')
plt.imshow(im)
# 2. same thing for JPG URL bombs...
url = 'http://www.kitware.com/blog/files/128_1232259669.jpg'
im = plt.imread(urllib2.urlopen(url),format='jpg')
plt.imshow(im)
# 3. yet imread can read JPG if downloaded first
urllib.urlretrieve(url,'lena.jpg')
im = plt.imread('lena.jpg')
plt.imshow(im,origin='lower')
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