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Why do some image links not resolve in DU posts?
Case in point: storm tracks from the National Hurricane Center: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT20/refresh/AL202020_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/210009_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png
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The ASCII Encoding Reference for the + sign is %2B. Substitute the %2B for the + sign in the URL and the result is as follows:
There is a list of special characters at https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.ASP . As someone who has dabbled in making Web pages, it is a good practice to avoid using special characters in URL addresses because it causes the links to break. More discussion here: https://perishablepress.com/stop-using-unsafe-characters-in-urls/
