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FIRE: On my flight from Spokane to San Francisco just now, was able to grab this frame of the #Grasshopperfire in Oregon as it blows up! First time I've shot a fire from 30k feet in the air! Think that's Mount Hood in the background. (Photo Josh Edelson/AFP)
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Amid the ash and twisted metal, Spokane residents are starting recovery efforts after wildfires devastated their communities. Click the link below to see all of the photos ⬇️
📸 JOSH EDELSON, AFP via Getty Images usatoday.com/picture-gallery…
ALT Spokane wildfires leave devastating aftermath, cleanup underway
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Photographer @JoshEdelson from @AFPphoto images got the Story Nature & Environment 1st prize in #İstanbulPhotoAwards 2026 with the series of ‘California Fires’.
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Congratulations to @JoshEdelson on winning the Independent Freelance Photographer Award at the Xposure International Photography Festival in the UAE! The images were taken while on assignment for @AFP during the fires in California sharjah24.ae/en/Articles/202… @photojournalism
BEFORE & AFTER: people and burning buildings during the Eaton and Palisades fires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, CA on 1/8/25 and 1/5/26. (All Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images)
#beforeandafter #altadena #pacificpalisades #eatonfire #palisadesfire @afpphoto
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And now there's officially a Tornado Warning out for Santa Cruz County for this offshore mini-supercell thunderstorm, which is likely producing a waterspout over water that could move inland as a tornado near Santa Cruz. #CAwx
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AFP’s Josh Edelson photographs vehicles navigating roadways flooded with ocean water during a “King Tide” event in Mill Valley, California.
"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align to produce unusually high water levels, cause tidal flooding and give a glimpse into what things could look like with rising sea levels in the future
Vehicles navigate roadways flooded with ocean water during a “King Tide” event on Thursday, Dec. 04, 2025, in Mill Valley, California. (Josh Edelson/AFP)
Absolutely insane photo!
Immense planning and technical precision was required for this absolutely preposterous (but real) view: I captured my friend @BlackGryph0n transiting the sun during a skydive.
This might be the first photo of it's kind in existence. See a video of this moment in the reply 👇
Man, when it rains, it pours! Honored to have won this! afp.com/en/agency/inside-afp…
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HORRIBLE: WORST CASE scenario is unfolding. Really, I am near a loss of words. "Last chance to protect your life at all costs" is the words from the NHC. Melissa is about to make landfall at its strongest intensity. A humanitarian disaster is about to unfold. The hurricane hunters detected 252 MPH gusts 300 feet off the ocean surface. 185 MPH max sustained winds and 220+ MPH gusts in the eyewall about to obliterate Black River area.
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A wind gust of 252 mph was just measured above the surface in Hurricane Melissa as the storm continues to intensify right up until landfall.
This is the worst-case scenario for Jamaica.
FILE PHOTO: Charlie Kirk, seen here in this Dec. 22, 2024 photo shaking hands with President Donald Trump in Phoenix, AZ, was shot and killed today in Utah during a speaking event. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP)
#charliekirk #donaldjtrump #turningpoint @afpphoto
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📸 Photographer @JoshEdelson has spent 10 years capturing the raw reality of #wildfires, from the heart of California's infernos to the front lines of the climate crisis.
He talks on @Artsf24 about his haunting images, showcased at the @Visapourlimage photojournalism festival ⤵️
I’m so overwhelmed and proud and emotional and impressed with this unbelievably amazing exhibit of my work at @Visapourlimage I feel like I’m in a dream that I desperately don’t want to wake up from. Thank you @AFP for entering my work and thank you Visa for this exhibition!
Pretty stoked to have an exhibition of some of my wildfire work showcased at this year's @Visapourlimage 'Image festival in Perpignan, France! Thanks for entering me @AFP
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