I am starting to depend heavily on the IPython notebook app to develop and document algorithms. It is awesome; but there is something that seems like it should be possible,
For those looking where to place the image file on the Jupyter machine so that it could be shown from the local file system.
I put my mypic.png into
/root/Images/mypic.png
(that is the Images folder that shows up in the Jupyter online file browser)
In that case I need to put the following line into the Markdown cell to make my pic showing in the notepad:
