diff --git a/docs/examples/carousel/blank.gif b/docs/examples/carousel/blank.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35d42e808f
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/examples/carousel/blank.gif differ
diff --git a/docs/examples/carousel/carousel.css b/docs/examples/carousel/carousel.css
index 8833f82ddd..e47a08d0ce 100644
--- a/docs/examples/carousel/carousel.css
+++ b/docs/examples/carousel/carousel.css
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ body {
   min-width: 100%;
   height: 500px;
 }
+.carousel-inner > .item > .first-slide {
+  background-color: #777;
+}
+.carousel-inner > .item > .second-slide {
+  background-color: #666;
+}
+.carousel-inner > .item > .third-slide {
+  background-color: #555;
+}
 
 
 /* MARKETING CONTENT
@@ -76,6 +85,11 @@ body {
   margin-right: 10px;
   margin-left: 10px;
 }
+.marketing .col-lg-4 img {
+  width: 140px;
+  height: 140px;
+  background-color: #777;
+}
 
 
 /* Featurettes
diff --git a/docs/examples/carousel/index.html b/docs/examples/carousel/index.html
index e9ecc6e95f..c288de991c 100644
--- a/docs/examples/carousel/index.html
+++ b/docs/examples/carousel/index.html
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       </ol>
       <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">
         <div class="item active">
-          <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAHd3dwAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" alt="First slide">
+          <img class="first-slide" src="blank.gif" alt="First slide">
           <div class="container">
             <div class="carousel-caption">
               <h1>Example headline.</h1>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="item">
-          <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAGZmZgAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" alt="Second slide">
+          <img class="second-slide" src="blank.gif" alt="Second slide">
           <div class="container">
             <div class="carousel-caption">
               <h1>Another example headline.</h1>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="item">
-          <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAFVVVQAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" alt="Third slide">
+          <img class="third-slide" src="blank.gif" alt="Third slide">
           <div class="container">
             <div class="carousel-caption">
               <h1>One more for good measure.</h1>
@@ -130,19 +130,19 @@
       <!-- Three columns of text below the carousel -->
       <div class="row">
         <div class="col-lg-4">
-          <img class="img-circle" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAHd3dwAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" alt="Generic placeholder image" style="width: 140px; height: 140px;">
+          <img class="img-circle" src="blank.gif" alt="Generic placeholder image" width="140" height="140">
           <h2>Heading</h2>
           <p>Donec sed odio dui. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula ut id elit. Morbi leo risus, porta ac consectetur ac, vestibulum at eros. Praesent commodo cursus magna.</p>
           <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="#" role="button">View details &raquo;</a></p>
         </div><!-- /.col-lg-4 -->
         <div class="col-lg-4">
-          <img class="img-circle" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAHd3dwAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" alt="Generic placeholder image" style="width: 140px; height: 140px;">
+          <img class="img-circle" src="blank.gif" alt="Generic placeholder image" width="140" height="140">
           <h2>Heading</h2>
           <p>Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh.</p>
           <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="#" role="button">View details &raquo;</a></p>
         </div><!-- /.col-lg-4 -->
         <div class="col-lg-4">
-          <img class="img-circle" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAHd3dwAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" alt="Generic placeholder image" style="width: 140px; height: 140px;">
+          <img class="img-circle" src="blank.gif" alt="Generic placeholder image" width="140" height="140">
           <h2>Heading</h2>
           <p>Donec sed odio dui. Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus.</p>
           <p><a class="btn btn-default" href="#" role="button">View details &raquo;</a></p>