And if you have a snapshot, share the photos of the poor beasts.
We intuitively know that facts gathered over time are a better random sample than any snapshot.
What separates a snapshot from a good photo is the planning that goes into making the shot.
These maps provide a snapshot of the state of nature and conservation efforts today.
Details are slightly blurry, testifying to the snapshot's loss of definition when blown up to such a size.
He's an artist, after all, and thought he could come up with a better image than his initial cell-phone snapshot.
Gone are the days of photographic plates that recorded the sky snapshot by painstaking snapshot.
But for all intent and purpose, you're seeing a snapshot of our solar system in seven or eight billion years.
The same sediment that filled the dinosaurs' footprints created a snapshot of an entire ecosystem that was teeming with life.
The various fashion weeks are a snapshot of the industry's strengths and weaknesses.
British Dictionary definitions for snapshot
snapshot
/ˈsnæpˌʃɒt/
noun
1.
an informal photograph taken with a simple camera Often shortened to snap
Word Origin and History for snapshot
n.
also snap-shot, 1808, "a quick shot with a gun, without aim, at a fast-moving target," from snap + shot (n.). Photographic sense is attested from 1890. Figuratively, of something captured at a moment in time, from 1897.