# Missing first photo only

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [February 4, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030 "2021-02-04T00:46:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![sedgequeen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sedgequeen/32/1928_2.png) [@sedgequeen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sedgequeen)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030/1 "2021-02-04T00:46:57Z")

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Please fill out the following sections to the best of your ability, it will help us investigate bugs if we have this information at the outset. Screenshots are especially helpful, so please provide those if you can.

**Platform** (Android, iOS, Website): Website

**App version number** , if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About): N/A

**Browser** , if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : Firefox

**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**:

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The following observations come up on the “identify” page and on the “more from lcd” line below the observation itself as having no photo. Actually, they do, but they act as if there is no first photo. In one case, the observation has two photos but one of the comments indicates that it has/had three.

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231549](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231549)

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231546](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231546)

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231548](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231548)

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231547](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231547)

**Description of problem** (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

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**Author:** ![sedgequeen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sedgequeen/32/1928_2.png) [@sedgequeen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sedgequeen)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030/2 "2021-02-04T00:47:18Z")

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I don’t know if this problem is worth fixing, but I certainly can’t fix it.

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**Author:** ![nycbirder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nycbirder/32/7625_2.png) [@nycbirder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nycbirder)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030/3 "2021-02-04T01:33:23Z")

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I’ve never seen this before but I would try unchecking the “processing” photo if this is possible.

When I edit an observation with multiple images there are blue check boxes. When I uncheck one it removes that image. Maybe this could work. Not sure how that ghost image is going to show up. Hopefully it’s there with a checkable box!  
 ![Screen Shot 2021-02-03 at 8.30.00 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/f/faa2fef1b3e561102a66782ace2bacf4c140782b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![sedgequeen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sedgequeen/32/1928_2.png) [@sedgequeen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sedgequeen)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030/4 "2021-02-04T03:08:24Z")

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The problem is, they’re not my observations. They’re from somebody else from 2013. I doubt it can be fixed, but would like somebody to do so if it can be fixed.

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**Author:** ![nycbirder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nycbirder/32/7625_2.png) [@nycbirder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nycbirder)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030/5 "2021-02-04T12:50:58Z")

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I didn’t notice they were from another observer. This is something the iNat staff should be able to resolve.

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**Author:** ![sedgequeen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sedgequeen/32/1928_2.png) [@sedgequeen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sedgequeen)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030/6 "2021-02-04T18:37:52Z")

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Here’s another with the missing 1st photo problem:  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221999](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221999)

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**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/missing-first-photo-only/20030/7 "2021-02-04T19:24:30Z")

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see [Old Facebook Observations Not Loading? - Bug Reports - iNaturalist Community Forum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/old-facebook-observations-not-loading/4675)
