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HTML

<header class="intro">

SOME RANDOM CONTENT
</header>

CSS

.intro {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 0;
    display: table;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    padding: 100px 0;
    text-align: center;
    color: black;
    background-color: transparent;
    -webkit-background-size: cover;
    -moz-background-size: cover;
    background-size: cover;
    -o-background-size: cover;
}


.intro:after {
    content : "";
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background: url('http://www.planwallpaper.com/static/images/canberra_hero_image.jpg'); 
    background-size: cover;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    opacity : 0.2;
    z-index: -1;
}