'Create a snapshot of this EBS Volume.
:type description: str
:param description: A description of the snapshot.
Limited to 256 characters.
:rtype: :class:`boto.ec2.snapshot.Snapshot`
:return: The created Snapshot object'

def create_snapshot(self, description=None, dry_run=False):

    return self.connection.create_snapshot(self.id, description, dry_run=dry_run)
