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HTML

<div>
  <a href="javascript:viewimage('https://i.imgur.com/MiOeWrk.jpg','video_aba');">Show Image</a></div>

<div id="jsdebug">jsdebug</div>
<div id="video_aba">video_aba</div>

JavaScript

function viewimage(ytlink, uid) {
  var imagelink = ytlink;
  document.getElementById("jsdebug").innerHTML = imagelink;
  var uid = uid;
  if (imagelink.length == 0) {
    imageembed = "<strong>Sorry, unable to load.</strong>";
  } else {
    imageembed = "<img src=\"/" + imagelink + "\" style=\"max-width:800px\">";
  }
  document.getElementById("video_aba").innerHTML = imageembed;
}