# Skybox BackgroundNorth not alterable?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/skybox-backgroundnorth-not-alterable/5443
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 28, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/skybox-backgroundnorth-not-alterable/5443 "2020-09-28T20:39:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Zetison](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Zetison)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/skybox-backgroundnorth-not-alterable/5443/1 "2020-09-28T20:39:31Z")
I do not seem to get the renderView1.BackgroundNorth option to work. North seems to be pointed at by the y-axis (default). Does anyone spot an error? Or is it a bug? (I use ParaView 5.8.0 on Ubuntu 20.04)
The following MWE with image from [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/ESO\_-\_Milky\_Way.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/ESO_-_Milky_Way.jpg) reproduces the bug.
from paraview.simple import \*
renderView1 = GetActiveViewOrCreate(‘RenderView’)
renderView1.UseSkyboxBackground = 1
renderView1.BackgroundTexture = CreateTexture(“ESO\_-\_Milky\_Way.jpg”)
renderView1.BackgroundNorth = [0.0, 0.0, 1.0]
renderView1.BackgroundEast = [0.0, 1.0, 0.0]
RenderAllViews()
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/skybox-backgroundnorth-not-alterable/5443/2 "2020-09-29T08:31:18Z")
@Michael