title: WPF Image with Remote Path
body: <p>I am trying to load an image into my Silverlight project and I have the following XAML:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;UserControl x:Class="SilverlightApplication1.MainPage"
      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
      xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
      xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
      xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
      mc:Ignorable="d"
      d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400" xmlns:sdk="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/sdk"&gt;
  
      &lt;Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White"&gt;
          &lt;Image Height="150" Width="200" Source="http://wsf.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/Images/rain.gif" /&gt;
      &lt;/Grid&gt;
  &lt;/UserControl&gt;
  </code></pre>