diff --git a/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.cpp b/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.cpp
index 5de4a3d49..7d0ed34e4 100644
--- a/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.cpp
+++ b/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,18 @@ qreal DiveCartesianAxis::posAtValue(qreal value) const
 	return adjusted;
 }
 
+double DiveCartesianAxis::screenPosition(double pos) const
+{
+	QLineF m = line();
+	double from = position == Position::Bottom ? m.x1() : m.y1();
+	double to = position == Position::Bottom ? m.x2() : m.y2();
+
+	if ((position == Position::Bottom) == inverted)
+		pos = 1.0 - pos;
+
+	return (to - from) * pos + from;
+}
+
 double DiveCartesianAxis::maximum() const
 {
 	return max;
diff --git a/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.h b/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.h
index c77e8b9c6..7ee727313 100644
--- a/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.h
+++ b/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
 	qreal valueAt(const QPointF &p) const;
 	qreal posAtValue(qreal value) const;
 	void setPosition(const QRectF &rect);
+	double screenPosition(double pos) const; // 0.0 = begin, 1.0 = end of axis, independent of represented values
 	void setTextVisible(bool arg1);
 	void setLinesVisible(bool arg1);
 	void updateTicks(int animSpeed);
diff --git a/profile-widget/profilewidget2.cpp b/profile-widget/profilewidget2.cpp
index d4c8e437e..05a6c3f7d 100644
--- a/profile-widget/profilewidget2.cpp
+++ b/profile-widget/profilewidget2.cpp
@@ -1150,18 +1150,25 @@ void ProfileWidget2::updateThumbnailPaintOrder()
 void ProfileWidget2::calculatePictureYPositions()
 {
 	double lastX = -1.0, lastY = 0.0;
+	const double yStart = 0.05; // At which depth the thumbnails start (in fraction of total depth).
+	const double yStep = 0.01; // Increase of depth for overlapping thumbnails (in fraction of total depth).
+	const double xSpace = 18.0 * profileScene->dpr; // Horizontal range in which thumbnails are supposed to be overlapping (in pixels).
+	const int maxDepth = 14; // Maximal depth of thumbnail stack (in thumbnails).
 	for (PictureEntry &e: pictures) {
-		// let's put the picture at the correct time, but at a fixed "depth" on the profile
+		// Let's put the picture at the correct time, but at a fixed "depth" on the profile
 		// not sure this is ideal, but it seems to look right.
 		double x = e.thumbnail->x();
+		if (x < 0.0)
+			continue;
 		double y;
-		if (lastX >= 0.0 && fabs(x - lastX) < 3 && lastY <= (10 + 14 * 3))
-			y = lastY + 3;
+		if (lastX >= 0.0 && fabs(x - lastX) < xSpace * profileScene->dpr && lastY <= (yStart + maxDepth * yStep) - 1e-10)
+			y = lastY + yStep;
 		else
-			y = 10;
+			y = yStart;
 		lastX = x;
 		lastY = y;
-		e.thumbnail->setY(y);
+		double yScreen = profileScene->timeAxis->screenPosition(y);
+		e.thumbnail->setY(yScreen);
 		updateDurationLine(e); // If we changed the y-position, we also have to change the duration-line.
 	}
 	updateThumbnailPaintOrder();