.attr("src") shows different values for ie7 vs 8

Found an issuein ie7 vs 8.

take the code

<img src="/file/path/goes/here/1.jpg">

at the site http://www.fakesite.com/

$("img").attr("src"); shows the following

in IE 8:

/file/path/goes/here/1.jpg

but in IE 7:

http://www.fakesite.com/file/path/goes/here/1.jpg