> why the highlighted section in the URL string.
> Gets set to  "&" and not just "&"

In HTML, there are certain reserved characters, characters which are
part of the HTML markup. The two most important ones are:
- & (which starts an HTML entity), therefore to use a literal &, you
need to actually use &
- < (which starts an HTML tag), therefore to use a literal <, you need
to actually use &lt;

So since your src attribute needs to contain a &, it is right for it
to be &amp;. The browser will parse it just right.

Browsers are generally smart enough to figure out when a & is not part
of an HTML entity though, which is why a lot of people either don't
know or just forget, and don't write their HTML right.

Like Aaron just mentioned, your problem is with the URL itself.

-- Tim

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