diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 277d210..6aa4fc2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CFLAGS=-O0 -g -rdynamic -I. $(CCWARN)
 
 SOURCES = $(shell echo *.cpp geometry/*.cpp rules/*.cpp)
 HEADERS = $(shell echo *.hh  geometry/*.hh rules/*.hh)
-LIBS = -lm -lGL -lGLU -lSDL -lGLEW
+LIBS = -lm -lGL -lGLU -lSDL -lSDL_image -lGLEW
 EXECUTABLE = city
 
 .PHONY: all
diff --git a/all_includes.hh b/all_includes.hh
index 10c144b..32aa356 100644
--- a/all_includes.hh
+++ b/all_includes.hh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Chose;
 #include <queue>
 
 #include <SDL/SDL.h>
+#include <SDL/SDL_image.h>
 #include <GL/glew.h>
 #include <GL/glu.h>
 #include <GL/gl.h>
diff --git a/view.cpp b/view.cpp
index 2816123..67c16a1 100644
--- a/view.cpp
+++ b/view.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ void Camera::keyboard(const SDL_KeyboardEvent &eventKey) {
 					if (eventKey.type != SDL_KEYDOWN) break;
 					std::cout << *this << std::endl;
 					break;
+                case 't':
+                    takeScreenshot("123.bmp");
+                    break;
 				default:
 					break;
 			}
@@ -297,3 +300,71 @@ void Camera::animation(int elapsedTime) {
 	if(pageDown)
 		cameraCenter = cameraCenter + Vertex::fromSpherical(diff, yAngle + 90, xAngle);
 }
+
+
+
+
+SDL_Surface * flipSurface(SDL_Surface * surface) {
+    int current_line,pitch;
+    SDL_Surface * fliped_surface = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE,
+    surface->w,surface->h,
+    surface->format->BitsPerPixel,
+    surface->format->Rmask,
+    surface->format->Gmask,
+    surface->format->Bmask,
+    surface->format->Amask);
+
+    SDL_LockSurface(surface);
+    SDL_LockSurface(fliped_surface);
+
+    pitch = surface->pitch;
+    for (current_line = 0; current_line < surface->h; current_line ++) {
+        memcpy(&((unsigned char* )fliped_surface->pixels)[current_line*pitch],
+        &((unsigned char* )surface->pixels)[(surface->h - 1 -
+        current_line)*pitch],
+        pitch);
+    }
+
+    SDL_UnlockSurface(fliped_surface);
+    SDL_UnlockSurface(surface);
+    return fliped_surface;
+}
+
+int Camera::takeScreenshot(const char * filename) {
+    GLint viewport[4];
+    Uint32 rmask, gmask, bmask, amask;
+    SDL_Surface * picture, * finalpicture;
+
+    glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, viewport);
+
+    #if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
+
+    rmask = 0xff000000;
+    gmask = 0x00ff0000;
+    bmask = 0x0000ff00;
+    amask = 0x000000ff;
+    #else
+
+    rmask = 0x000000ff;
+    gmask = 0x0000ff00;
+    bmask = 0x00ff0000;
+    amask = 0xff000000;
+    #endif
+
+    picture = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE,viewport[2],viewport[3], 32,
+    rmask, gmask, bmask, amask);
+    SDL_LockSurface(picture);
+    glReadPixels(viewport[0],viewport[1],viewport[2],viewport[3],GL_RGBA,
+    GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,picture->pixels);
+    SDL_UnlockSurface(picture);
+
+    finalpicture = flipSurface(picture);
+
+    if (SDL_SaveBMP(finalpicture, filename)) {
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    SDL_FreeSurface(finalpicture);
+    SDL_FreeSurface(picture);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/view.hh b/view.hh
index 8b382b6..ead2a5b 100644
--- a/view.hh
+++ b/view.hh
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ public :
 	void animation(int elapsedTime);
 	std::ostream& print(std::ostream& os) const;
 	friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Camera& c) { return c.print(os); }
+
+    private :
+    int takeScreenshot(const char * filename);
 };