Safari new tab flicker of old image residue

Can anyone explain why, when i first open safari and double click to open a new tab, just before the Top Sites page loads i get a flicker of a partly scrambled image? This image is usually, but not always, of a site or screen that has just previously been open in the display, sometimes from a webpage, sometimes from a window such as system preferences. Occasionally the scrambled image is nothing that has been on my screen in the last 24hrs, as far as i can remember. This isn't a problem, per se, but a funny quirk that makes me wonder if there is something amiss with my Macbook. How is this image left hanging around to then briefly re-appear in a scrambled format?

Hello folks,
I have had this problem for a while now. The problem ONLY occurs with Safari if I open a new tab and have preferences set to top sites. What I see when I open a new tab is pixelization and/or flickering. I thought it was hardware issue so I called Apple. We ran HW tests and they told me it was not. They advised it was likely a plugin or software issue. We re-installed Snow Leopard (maintaing all data) and that did not help. We did tons of other things, all to no avail. Apple suggested I do a WIPE and start over. They also suggested I do NOT reimage from my time machine backup as to not bring back whatever plugin or SW
So I finally got around to that this weekend. I am on an essentially virgin system. The only two apps I installed are Handbrake and Skype. I have not done any flash update, plugins or anything else. The problem still exists
I have an excellent and short video capture that shows this but not sure how I can upload that here.
I guess from reading this post that I should go to Lion - which is on my list of things to do but need to check on compatibility of some SW/HW first.
OH btw, some specifics: Imac 27" Snow Leopard, 12GB Ram, all SW is up to date
Just thought I would throw this out there...

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