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HTML

<div id="image-matte">
        <div>
        <img src="http://blog.calendars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mountain_7.jpg"/>
        </div>
    </div>

CSS

#image-matte {
    position: fixed;
    display: table;
    top: -50%;
    left: -50%;
    width: 200%;
    height: 200%;
    text-align: center;
}
#image-matte div {
    vertical-align: middle;
    display: table-cell;
}
#image-matte img {
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
    min-height: 50%;
    min-width: 50%;
}

/* Covers the image to prevent pointer interaction */
#image-matte:after {
    content: '';
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
}