diff --git a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
index a417f7a29548e7f4e89bc719e38e34fac25270a0..a58e9b795e12050750caf1e2ff09d21837cd91ff 100644
--- a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
@@ -347,9 +347,7 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL()
         glRotatef(-23.384, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
         glRotatef(41.093, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
 
-        glTranslatef(0.0,
-                     0.0,
-                     5.0);
+        glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, m_earthRadius + 2.0);
 
         glRotatef(m_sourceInclination, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
         glRotatef(180, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);