Wondering about the html of Amazon text links with image

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It's just a single pixel image. I suppose it must be used for tracking. Here is an example of the code.

Code:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016BAHMI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=xxxxxxxxxcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0016BAHMI">Twinlab Super Rich Yeast Plus, 16 oz.</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=xxxxxxxxxxxcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0016BAHMI" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />
Notice that after the </a>, the image source part comes. What I don't understand is what triggers that image to be called from Amazon. If it was between the a and /a tags, it would be a part of the link, but it isn't.

It doesn't seem to be important. At least a couple of people have posted that they don't even use that part, and they still get credited with sales. They just delete this part. <img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=xxxxxxxxxxxcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0016BAHMI" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

But it has me wondering because I don't understand this. Is this kid stuff to some of the heavyweight coders around here?
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