# why is image as texture on ellipsoid transparent ?

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/why-is-image-as-texture-on-ellipsoid-transparent/3080>\
**Category:** CesiumJS\
**Created:** [September 18, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/why-is-image-as-texture-on-ellipsoid-transparent/3080 "2015-09-18T06:36:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Hartinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@Peter\_Hartinger](https://community.cesium.com/u/Peter_Hartinger)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/why-is-image-as-texture-on-ellipsoid-transparent/3080/1 "2015-09-18T06:36:53Z")

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Hello - im relatively new at cesium

tried to put an texture instead a color on ellipsoid.

it works but i get a transparency why ?

var imagespereMaterial3 = new Cesium.ImageMaterialProperty({

image:‘color3.jpg’,

});

entities.add({

id : seriesName + ’ sphere ’ + i.toString(),

position : heightPosition,

ellipsoid : {

radii : new Cesium.Cartesian3(sphereRadius, sphereRadius, sphereRadius\*2),

outline : false,

fill: true,

minimumRadius :100,

material : imagespereMaterial3

}

});

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**Author:** ![hannah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/hannah/32/4509_2.png) [@hannah](https://community.cesium.com/u/hannah)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/why-is-image-as-texture-on-ellipsoid-transparent/3080/2 "2015-09-18T17:21:27Z")

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Hello,

This is a known bug. We have an issue to fix it here: [https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/issues/2871](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/issues/2871)

Best,

Hannah