His detailed snapshots of bygone cultural moments are introduced by a thoughtful history of our cultural climate over the last half-century.

Where cameras take instantaneous, detailed snapshots of our surroundings, human perception takes time and is full of creativity and imagination.

Now, researchers have obtained the first detailed snapshot of a key protein that helps them do it.

Hence, the optical emission provides astronomers with a detailed "snapshot" of the actual position and geometry of the shock front at any given time.

The Spitzer images provide a detailed snapshot of this universal phenomenon of star formation.

Or perhaps the art it most nearly evokes is Hogarth's engravings, those richly detailed snapshots of mass depravity and mayhem.

NIK Mills calls his diorama coffee table, left, a "detailed snapshot of the earth's surface."

Other features include profile credits for detailed snapshots that reveal who follows other accounts and who tweets about brands and keywords.

Every census tries to capture a detailed snapshot of who and how we are, a portrait of the present.

Such an assessment, he said, will provide a detailed snapshot of the building's heating and electrical systems and identify areas that need of attention.