Images scrolling into address bar

I was browsing a page avclub and scrolling down the page when I noticed the static image of a video appearing in the address bar of the current tab. I was able to repeat the effect right down the page. As I scrolled down and the page with video previews move up I could see them appearing in the address bar. No text just graphic.
When I switched to a new tab - which happened to be the addons tab I could see the image from the previous tab clearly displayed on the whitespace of the addons tab.
Today the effect occurred again with an image - not from avclub this time - showing through from one page to the next.
I have not seen this behaviour ever before. What could be causing it?

I can't tell from the system information you posted whether Firefox's own graphics hardware acceleration feature could be causing the problem. You could try disabling it, since it sometimes can cause artifacts (i.e., content fails to be cleared from the screen properly).
You usually need to restart Firefox in order for this to take effect, so save all work first (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).
orange Firefox button ''or'' classic Tools menu > Options > Advanced
On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available"
If you restart Firefox, is the issue resolved?

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