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HTML

<div id="container"><div id="glass"><div id="blurred"></div><div id="content">Here goes the content..</div></div></div>

CSS

html, body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#container {
    width: 100%;
    height: 70vh;
    background: black url('http://tinyurl.com/pgfnxag') bottom center no-repeat;
    background-size: 100% auto;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
}
#glass {
    background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.25);
    height: 25%;
    width: 100%;
    color: white;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2);
}
#blurred {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 10px;
    background: url('http://tinyurl.com/pgfnxag') bottom center no-repeat;
    background-size: 100% auto;
    filter: blur(5px);
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 100%;
}
#content {
    z-index: 999;
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    font-size: 20px;
    font-weight: 100;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    font-family: Segoe UI;
    text-align: center;
}