diff --git a/src/client/camera.rs b/src/client/camera.rs
index acfb4fb..e128486 100644
--- a/src/client/camera.rs
+++ b/src/client/camera.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub struct Zoom {
     exp: f32,
     level: i32,
     mult: FixedDec,
+    inv_mult: FixedDec,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -41,12 +42,16 @@ impl Zoom {
         Self {
             exp: scale,
             level,
-            mult: mult(level, scale),
+            mult: zoom_mult(level, scale),
+            inv_mult: inv_zoom_mult(level, scale),
         }
     }
     pub fn mult(&self) -> &FixedDec {
         &self.mult
     }
+    pub fn inv_mult(&self) -> &FixedDec {
+        &self.inv_mult
+    }
     pub fn level(&self) -> i32 {
         self.level
     }
@@ -67,10 +72,15 @@ impl AddAssign<f32> for Zoom {
             self.exp -= 1.0;
             self.level -= 1;
         }
-        self.mult = mult(self.level, self.exp);
+        self.mult = zoom_mult(self.level, self.exp);
+        self.inv_mult = inv_zoom_mult(self.level, self.exp);
     }
 }
 
-pub fn mult(level: i32, exp: f32) -> FixedDec {
+pub fn zoom_mult(level: i32, exp: f32) -> FixedDec {
     (FixedDec::from(1) >> level) * FixedDec::from(exp.exp2())
 }
+
+pub fn inv_zoom_mult(level: i32, exp: f32) -> FixedDec {
+    (FixedDec::from(1) << level) * FixedDec::from(1.0 / exp.exp2())
+}
diff --git a/src/client/handle_input.rs b/src/client/handle_input.rs
index 3f71ff2..6ca16eb 100644
--- a/src/client/handle_input.rs
+++ b/src/client/handle_input.rs
@@ -28,5 +28,8 @@ impl Client<'_> {
         if input.pressed(K::KeyD) {
             camera.pos.x += &speed;
         }
+        if input.pressed(K::KeyQ) {
+            self.snapshot = true;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index f55f143..8856972 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct Client<'a> {
     exit: bool,
     prev_update: Instant,
     renderer: Renderer<'a>,
+    snapshot: bool,
 }
 
 impl Client<'_> {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ impl Client<'_> {
             exit: false,
             prev_update: Instant::now(),
             renderer,
+            snapshot: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ impl Client<'_> {
             WindowEvent::CloseRequested => self.exit = true,
             WindowEvent::Resized(size) => self.renderer.resize(size),
             WindowEvent::RedrawRequested => {
-                self.renderer.render(&self.camera);
+                self.renderer.render(&self.camera, self.snapshot);
+                self.snapshot = false;
                 self.window.request_redraw();
             }
             WindowEvent::CursorLeft { .. } => {
diff --git a/src/client/render/compute/layout.rs b/src/client/render/compute/layout.rs
index 4190fed..1e18aa3 100644
--- a/src/client/render/compute/layout.rs
+++ b/src/client/render/compute/layout.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl Layout {
             sample_count: 1,
             dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
             format: wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8Unorm,
-            usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::STORAGE_BINDING | wgpu::TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING,
+            usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::STORAGE_BINDING | wgpu::TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING | wgpu::TextureUsages::COPY_SRC,
             view_formats: &[],
         };
         let output = Texture::init(
diff --git a/src/client/render/compute/mod.rs b/src/client/render/compute/mod.rs
index 1582ad0..7ccad9e 100644
--- a/src/client/render/compute/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/render/compute/mod.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ impl ComputePipeline {
             }
         }
         if len != self.old_len {
+            println!("len: {}", len);
             self.old_len = len;
             self.pipeline = self.pipeline(device, &Self::shader(device, len));
             self.work.set(work_vec(size.x, size.y, len));
diff --git a/src/client/render/mod.rs b/src/client/render/mod.rs
index 2adc02f..3d3b9b8 100644
--- a/src/client/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/render/mod.rs
@@ -121,12 +121,11 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn render(&mut self, camera: &Camera) {
+    pub fn render(&mut self, camera: &Camera, snapshot: bool) {
 
+        // this comes from the fact that I want (0, 2) and (30, 4)
+        // probably a much better formula, or better yet let the user select
         self.len = (camera.zoom.level() as f32 / 15.0 + 2.0).round() as usize;
-        println!("{}", self.len);
-        // let new = (camera.zoom.level() as f32 / 15.0 + 2.0).round() as usize;
-        // println!("{}", new);
 
         self.compute_pipeline.update(
             &self.device,
@@ -136,12 +135,14 @@ impl Renderer<'_> {
             &self.size,
             self.len,
         );
-        self.chunk_view.update(camera, &self.size);
+        self.chunk_view.update(camera, &self.size, snapshot);
         self.render_pipeline.update(
             &self.device,
             &mut self.encoder,
             &mut self.staging_belt,
             &self.chunk_view.render,
+            &self.compute_pipeline.output,
+            snapshot,
         );
 
         let mut encoder = std::mem::replace(&mut self.encoder, Self::create_encoder(&self.device));
diff --git a/src/client/render/output/data.rs b/src/client/render/output/data.rs
index cc85c05..622a987 100644
--- a/src/client/render/output/data.rs
+++ b/src/client/render/output/data.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,20 @@ pub struct WindowView {
     pub stretch: Vector2<f32>,
     pub pos: Vector2<f32>,
     pub rendered_chunks: Vector2<u32>,
+    pub snapshot: u32,
 }
 
 unsafe impl bytemuck::Pod for WindowView {}
 unsafe impl bytemuck::Zeroable for WindowView {}
 
 impl WindowView {
-    pub fn from_camera_size(camera: &Camera, size: &Vector2<u32>) -> Self {
+    pub fn from_camera_size(
+        camera: &Camera,
+        ss_cam: Option<&Camera>,
+        size: &Vector2<u32>,
+        snapshot: bool,
+    ) -> Self {
+        // TODO: most of this is useless and just preparation for chunked textures if I add them
         let visible_chunks = (size * 2 / CHUNK_WIDTH).add_scalar(1);
         let rendered_chunks = Vector2::new(
             visible_chunks.x.next_power_of_two(),
@@ -36,10 +43,21 @@ impl WindowView {
 
         let stretch = size.cast::<f32>() * camera.zoom.rel_zoom() / (CHUNK_WIDTH as f32);
 
+        let (pos, stretch) = if let Some(ss_cam) = ss_cam {
+            let s = camera.zoom.mult() * ss_cam.zoom.inv_mult();
+            (
+                ((&camera.pos - &ss_cam.pos) * ss_cam.zoom.inv_mult().clone()).map(f32::from) * 2.0,
+                Vector2::from_element(f32::from(s)),
+            )
+        } else {
+            (Vector2::default(), Vector2::default())
+        };
+
         Self {
             pos,
             stretch,
             rendered_chunks,
+            snapshot: snapshot as u32,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/render/output/layout.rs b/src/client/render/output/layout.rs
index f23d310..20b33a2 100644
--- a/src/client/render/output/layout.rs
+++ b/src/client/render/output/layout.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub struct Layout {
     format: wgpu::TextureFormat,
     pub view: Storage,
     pub chunks: ResizableTexture,
+    pub snapshot: Texture,
 }
 
 pub const LABEL: &str = file!();
@@ -46,6 +47,29 @@ impl Layout {
         };
         let chunks = ResizableTexture::new(device, texture_desc, view_desc);
 
+        let desc = wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
+            label: Some("compute output"),
+            size: wgpu::Extent3d {
+                width: config.width,
+                height: config.height,
+                depth_or_array_layers: 1,
+            },
+            mip_level_count: 1,
+            sample_count: 1,
+            dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
+            format: wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8Unorm,
+            usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::STORAGE_BINDING
+                | wgpu::TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING
+                | wgpu::TextureUsages::COPY_DST,
+            view_formats: &[],
+        };
+        let snapshot = Texture::init(
+            device,
+            desc,
+            wgpu::TextureViewDescriptor::default(),
+            wgpu::SamplerDescriptor::default(),
+        );
+
         let render_bind_layout =
             device.create_bind_group_layout(&wgpu::BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
                 entries: &[
@@ -80,6 +104,22 @@ impl Layout {
                         ty: wgpu::BindingType::Sampler(wgpu::SamplerBindingType::Filtering),
                         count: None,
                     },
+                    wgpu::BindGroupLayoutEntry {
+                        binding: 4,
+                        visibility: wgpu::ShaderStages::FRAGMENT | wgpu::ShaderStages::VERTEX,
+                        ty: wgpu::BindingType::Texture {
+                            multisampled: false,
+                            view_dimension: wgpu::TextureViewDimension::D2,
+                            sample_type: wgpu::TextureSampleType::Float { filterable: true },
+                        },
+                        count: None,
+                    },
+                    wgpu::BindGroupLayoutEntry {
+                        binding: 5,
+                        visibility: wgpu::ShaderStages::FRAGMENT,
+                        ty: wgpu::BindingType::Sampler(wgpu::SamplerBindingType::Filtering),
+                        count: None,
+                    },
                 ],
                 label: Some(LABEL),
             });
@@ -97,6 +137,7 @@ impl Layout {
             render_bind_layout,
             render_pipeline_layout,
             format: config.format,
+            snapshot,
         }
     }
 
@@ -108,6 +149,8 @@ impl Layout {
                 self.chunks.view_entry(1),
                 input.view_bind_group_entry(2),
                 input.sampler_bind_group_entry(3),
+                self.snapshot.view_bind_group_entry(4),
+                self.snapshot.sampler_bind_group_entry(5),
             ],
             label: Some(LABEL),
         })
diff --git a/src/client/render/output/mod.rs b/src/client/render/output/mod.rs
index 9d1bea6..961fa51 100644
--- a/src/client/render/output/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/render/output/mod.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,31 @@ impl RenderPipeline {
         encoder: &mut wgpu::CommandEncoder,
         belt: &mut wgpu::util::StagingBelt,
         view: &WindowView,
+        input: &Texture,
+        snapshot: bool,
     ) {
+        if snapshot {
+            let size = input.texture.size();
+            if self.snapshot.texture.size() != size {
+                self.snapshot.resize(device, size);
+            }
+            encoder.copy_texture_to_texture(
+                wgpu::TexelCopyTextureInfoBase {
+                    texture: &input.texture,
+                    mip_level: 0,
+                    origin: wgpu::Origin3d::ZERO,
+                    aspect: wgpu::TextureAspect::All,
+                },
+                wgpu::TexelCopyTextureInfoBase {
+                    texture: &self.snapshot.texture,
+                    mip_level: 0,
+                    origin: wgpu::Origin3d::ZERO,
+                    aspect: wgpu::TextureAspect::All,
+                },
+                size,
+            );
+            self.bind_group = self.bind_group(device, input);
+        }
         self.view
             .update(device, encoder, belt, bytemuck::bytes_of(view));
     }
diff --git a/src/client/render/output/shader.wgsl b/src/client/render/output/shader.wgsl
index 61de6b9..86192bb 100644
--- a/src/client/render/output/shader.wgsl
+++ b/src/client/render/output/shader.wgsl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ struct View {
     stretch: vec2<f32>,
     pos: vec2<f32>,
     rendered_chunks: vec2<u32>,
+    snapshot: u32,
 }
 
 @group(0) @binding(0)
@@ -13,11 +14,16 @@ var chunks: texture_2d_array<u32>;
 var tex: texture_2d<f32>;
 @group(0) @binding(3)
 var sam: sampler;
+@group(0) @binding(4)
+var ss_t: texture_2d<f32>;
+@group(0) @binding(5)
+var ss_s: sampler;
 
 struct VertexOutput {
     @builtin(position) vertex_pos: vec4<f32>,
     @location(0) world_pos: vec2<f32>,
     @location(1) tex_pos: vec2<f32>,
+    @location(2) ss_pos: vec2<f32>,
 };
 
 @vertex
@@ -43,6 +49,9 @@ fn vs_main(
     );
     out.tex_pos = pos2;
     out.tex_pos.y = 1.0 - out.tex_pos.y;
+    let pos3 = vec2(pos.x, -pos.y);
+    out.ss_pos = pos3 * view.stretch + view.pos;
+    out.ss_pos = (out.ss_pos + 1.0) / 2.0;
 
     return out;
 }
@@ -61,7 +70,14 @@ fn fs_main(
     // );
     // let cposf = vec2<f32>(cposu);
     // return vec4(cposf / rcf, 0.0, 1.0);
-    return textureSample(tex, sam, in.tex_pos);
+    let cur = textureSample(tex, sam, in.tex_pos);
+    let snp_bounds = all(in.ss_pos >= vec2(0.0)) && all(in.ss_pos <= vec2(1.0));
+    if all(cur.rgb == vec3(0.0)) && snp_bounds {
+        let snp = textureSample(ss_t, ss_s, in.ss_pos).rgb;
+        return vec4(snp * 0.3, 1.0);
+    } else {
+        return cur;
+    }
 }
 
 fn div_euclid(x: i32, y: i32) -> i32 {
diff --git a/src/client/render/view.rs b/src/client/render/view.rs
index b746ad1..f93e033 100644
--- a/src/client/render/view.rs
+++ b/src/client/render/view.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub struct ChunkView {
     pub render: WindowView,
     pub chunk_queue: HashSet<Vector2<FixedDec>>,
     pub visible_chunks: HashSet<Vector2<FixedDec>>,
+    pub snapshot: Option<Camera>,
 }
 
 impl ChunkView {
@@ -18,8 +19,11 @@ impl ChunkView {
         Self::default()
     }
 
-    pub fn update(&mut self, camera: &Camera, size: &Vector2<u32>) {
-        let render = WindowView::from_camera_size(camera, size);
+    pub fn update(&mut self, camera: &Camera, size: &Vector2<u32>, snapshot: bool) {
+        if snapshot {
+            self.snapshot = Some(camera.clone());
+        }
+        let render = WindowView::from_camera_size(camera, self.snapshot.as_ref(), size, snapshot);
 
         if self.render == render {
             return;
@@ -63,4 +67,3 @@ impl ChunkView {
         self.visible_chunks = visible;
     }
 }
-