The photograph can be saved, if desired, by taking the photo using the save mode on the camera, however the snapshot icon will not appear in the photograph (unless the shot is composed so the snapshot doesn't successfully register). The snapshot can register even if you are too far away to see the icon itself as long as you zoom close enough and photograph the correct spot (An example being the snapshot over the freighter ship which can be taken from Gant bridge even though it is unable to be seen from there). The point of interest above which the icon sits is not required to be in the viewfinder, simply the icon itself. Sometimes zooming is required to capture a more distant icon. To successfully capture a snapshot, the snapshot icon must be within the camera viewfinder.
Outside of these hours the glow can be seen using Night Vision Goggles. Between the hours of 00:00 and 05:00, a pinkish glow can be seen without the camera which marks where the snapshot icons are. However, camera icons are only visible when viewed in first-person through the camera's viewfinder. Snapshots exist only in San Fierro, San Andreas, as a rotating circular camera icon around a particularly interesting scenic spot. The glow that marks the location of a snapshot at night.
