diff --git a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
index 83ade7b6e175daf3e4b7d4c206437ee727ffca53..9351a8be1378ba39290099183d59d4ff1ffb4396 100644
--- a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::initializeGL()
 
     // load textures
     m_pulsarTexture = bindTexture(QImage(":/textures/resources/texture_pulsar.png"), GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_RGBA);
-    m_backgroundTexture = bindTexture(QImage(":/textures/resources/texture_background.png"), GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_RGBA);
+//    m_backgroundTexture = bindTexture(QImage(":/textures/resources/texture_background_simple.png"), GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_RGBA);
+    m_backgroundTexture = bindTexture(QImage(":/textures/resources/texture_background_carina.jpg"), GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_RGB);
 
     // use mipmapped textures
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
diff --git a/src/pulsatingscience.cpp b/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
index e85bca55a29699bf6ebfcd0666d012c7b9e3aad6..9cbec148df950e7c3d11b55319d4ef871de0b26a 100644
--- a/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsatingscience.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ void PulsatingScience::on_actionAbout_activated()
 			"<b>Pulsating Science</b><br>"
 			"International Year of Astronomy 2009<br><br>"
 			"Authors: Oliver Bock, Benjamin Knispel<br><br>"
+			"Background image: The Carina Nebula<br>"
+			"Courtesy of: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R.Gendler, J-E. Ovaldsen, C. Th&ouml;ne and C. Feron<br><br>"
 			"Copyright &copy; 2009 "
 			"<a href=\"http://www.aei.mpg.de\">Max-Planck-Institut f&uuml;r Gravitationsphysik</a>");
 }
diff --git a/src/pulsatingscience.qrc b/src/pulsatingscience.qrc
index 13d531d7d825e7b089cc4724540752aa84d3f25c..166de46e71553a7060d822a33124a681c053526a 100644
--- a/src/pulsatingscience.qrc
+++ b/src/pulsatingscience.qrc
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     <file>resources/aei-icon48.png</file>
   </qresource>
   <qresource prefix="textures" >
-    <file>resources/texture_background.png</file>
+    <file>resources/texture_background_carina.jpg</file>
+    <file>resources/texture_background_simple.png</file>
     <file>resources/texture_pulsar.png</file>
   </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/src/resources/texture_background_carina.jpg b/src/resources/texture_background_carina.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e80d02edc500e914d98092bdc6ce308e8eee95b3
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/resources/texture_background_carina.jpg differ
diff --git a/src/resources/texture_background.png b/src/resources/texture_background_simple.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/resources/texture_background.png
rename to src/resources/texture_background_simple.png