Illustration of Block Element Height

Here is the outer div -- here for decorative purposes only.
First inner div. This div contains only text. Note how the box runs from the top of the top line, to the bottom of the bottom text line, including 1/2 of the line height.
And now for the second div:
Second inner div -- with images. The bounding box now runs from the top of the image at the top, to the bottom of the image at the bottom.
Wasn't that fun!