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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Issue plotting big endian images","articleBody":"Originally reported by Anik Halder on the mailing list http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/IPython-FITS-file-plotting-problem-tp47271.html\n\nConsider this simple example:\n\n``` python\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport numpy as np\n\nx = np.arange(10)\nX, Y = np.meshgrid(x,x)\nZ = ((X-5)**2 + (Y-5)**2)**0.5\n\nplt.imshow(Z, origin = \"lower\")\nplt.colorbar()\nplt.show()\n\nplt.figure()\nplt.imshow(Z.astype('\u003ef8'), origin = \"lower\")\nplt.colorbar()\nplt.show()\n```\n\nWhich produces:\n![right](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/548266/16527177/3c6c6a86-3fad-11e6-843e-6a17a6afeab3.png)\nAnd:\n![wrong](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/548266/16527178/3e7af0cc-3fad-11e6-9b95-fdd75809b79e.png)\n\nThis works correctly in 1.5.1 so it looks like it's a regression in 2.x\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jenshnielsen","@type":"Person","name":"jenshnielsen"},"datePublished":"2016-07-01T16:00:44.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/6671/matplotlib/issues/6671"}