var oDiv;                     // div object that holds background image
						var iFlipTime = 10;            // number of seconds between image flips
						var iImageCounter = 0;        // image counter
						var aImages = new Array();    // image urls
						var aImageData = new Array(); // image preload pool

						
      
  						aImages[0] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-beach.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[1] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-wildebeast.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[2] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-surfers.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[3] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-cmels.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[4] = "uploads/homepage/Morocco.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[5] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-holiday-village.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[6] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-sunset.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[7] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-greek-chapel.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[8] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-dunes.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[9] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-tropical-sea.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[10] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-windsurfers.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[11] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-sunset-2.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[12] = "uploads/homepage/multiAlaskaLarge.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[13] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-lone-woman.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[14] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-purple.gif";
						  
						
  						aImages[15] = "uploads/homepage/horizon-trees.gif";
						  
						
						
						function initialise() {
						  oDiv = document.getElementById("introduction");
								setTimeout("flipImage()", (iFlipTime * 1000));
						}
						
				  function flipImage() {
        // flip image						
						  oDiv.style.backgroundImage = "url('" + aImages[iImageCounter] + "')";
								
								// increment counter
								if (iImageCounter == (aImages.length - 1)) {
								  iImageCounter = 0;
								} else {
  								iImageCounter++;
								}
								
        // preload next image if it hasn't already been loaded
								if (aImageData[iImageCounter] == undefined) {
										aImageData[iImageCounter] = new Image();
										aImageData[iImageCounter].src = aImages[iImageCounter];
								}
						  setTimeout("flipImage()", (iFlipTime * 1000));
						}