Doing it with style
How about having a change of image using just :hover and have the image remain on screen even when moving the mouse of the thumbnail. Well this demo does just that.
So hover a thumbnail to see the large image slide down into view, then move the mouse off the thumbnail to see the image remain in place.
Unfortunately it does not yet work in Internet Explorer.
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