Imogen Piper
@imogenpiper.bsky.social
Visual Forensics Reporter, The Washington Post
Authorities have arrested a man for starting a fire on New Years that caused the Palisades blaze several days later.
Our investigation from Jan. used satellite and visual analysis to show that a fire on New Year’s Day likely smouldered for days before being reignited 6 days later. wapo.st/4pWUKNX
Our investigation from Jan. used satellite and visual analysis to show that a fire on New Year’s Day likely smouldered for days before being reignited 6 days later. wapo.st/4pWUKNX
What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby.
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Authorities have arrested a man for starting a fire on New Years that caused the Palisades blaze several days later.
Our investigation from Jan. used satellite and visual analysis to show that a fire on New Year’s Day likely smouldered for days before being reignited 6 days later. wapo.st/4pWUKNX
Our investigation from Jan. used satellite and visual analysis to show that a fire on New Year’s Day likely smouldered for days before being reignited 6 days later. wapo.st/4pWUKNX
In the 18 minutes before the DCA crash, the air traffic controller managed the movement of 29 different aircraft, including the arrival or departure of six flights within 5 minutes.
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Crush of flights routinely strained National Airport capacity before crash
Air traffic managers urged fewer flights to reduce risks at Reagan National Airport before the fatal January collision, but testimony shows the FAA bowing to political pressure.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In the 18 minutes before the DCA crash, the air traffic controller managed the movement of 29 different aircraft, including the arrival or departure of six flights within 5 minutes.
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Multiple Israeli strikes on Evin Prison in Tehran caused damage across 2,000 feet. The strikes killed civilians and damaged structures including a visitor gate, visitor hall, medical center, and solitary confinement cells.
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Israeli strike hit four areas in notorious Tehran prison. Civilians among the dead.
A Post review of satellite imagery and videos revealed damage that pointed to multiple strikes, with structures nearly 2,000 feet apart in ruins.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Multiple Israeli strikes on Evin Prison in Tehran caused damage across 2,000 feet. The strikes killed civilians and damaged structures including a visitor gate, visitor hall, medical center, and solitary confinement cells.
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Our analysis of satellite Imagery showed impacts on aircraft hangars, runways and a likely air force control area.
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Indian strikes on Pakistan damaged six airfields, Post analysis finds
A review of satellite images and aftermath videos found that the strikes damaged three hangars, two runways and a pair of mobile buildings used by the air force.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Our analysis of satellite Imagery showed impacts on aircraft hangars, runways and a likely air force control area.
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Our Visual Forensics/International coverage of Israeli atrocities in Gaza was announced last night a Pulitzer Prize finalist!
The nominated stories were reported with rigor and care. They centre human stories and harness innovative techniques to uncover hidden truths from afar. Proud of our team!
The nominated stories were reported with rigor and care. They centre human stories and harness innovative techniques to uncover hidden truths from afar. Proud of our team!
May 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our Visual Forensics/International coverage of Israeli atrocities in Gaza was announced last night a Pulitzer Prize finalist!
The nominated stories were reported with rigor and care. They centre human stories and harness innovative techniques to uncover hidden truths from afar. Proud of our team!
The nominated stories were reported with rigor and care. They centre human stories and harness innovative techniques to uncover hidden truths from afar. Proud of our team!
Visual Evidence indicates UN guesthouse in Gaza was hit by two Israeli tank rounds, killing aid worker Marin Marinov, known to U.N. colleagues for his warmth and kindness, and severely injuring 5 others.
Read our story here: wapo.st/4jv2uCI
Read our story here: wapo.st/4jv2uCI
Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house
Experts say images obtained by The Post show blast patterns and shell fragments that are consistent with two Israeli tank shells. The IDF has denied responsibility for the strike, which killed a Europ...
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April 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Visual Evidence indicates UN guesthouse in Gaza was hit by two Israeli tank rounds, killing aid worker Marin Marinov, known to U.N. colleagues for his warmth and kindness, and severely injuring 5 others.
Read our story here: wapo.st/4jv2uCI
Read our story here: wapo.st/4jv2uCI
Our story reconstructs the moments before and after the killing and mass burial of health workers in Gaza.
The initial Israeli gunshots that targeted Palestinian paramedics were fired from 150 feet or less, audio suggests.
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The initial Israeli gunshots that targeted Palestinian paramedics were fired from 150 feet or less, audio suggests.
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How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza
Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Our story reconstructs the moments before and after the killing and mass burial of health workers in Gaza.
The initial Israeli gunshots that targeted Palestinian paramedics were fired from 150 feet or less, audio suggests.
Gift link: wapo.st/4cowWMq
The initial Israeli gunshots that targeted Palestinian paramedics were fired from 150 feet or less, audio suggests.
Gift link: wapo.st/4cowWMq
It is an immense honor to be awarded The Shireen Abu Akleh Award for continuing coverage of a conflict from @opcofamerica.bsky.social for our accountability-driven stories about the war in Gaza.
We will continue to report on this war, as we are doing today.
We will continue to report on this war, as we are doing today.
March 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It is an immense honor to be awarded The Shireen Abu Akleh Award for continuing coverage of a conflict from @opcofamerica.bsky.social for our accountability-driven stories about the war in Gaza.
We will continue to report on this war, as we are doing today.
We will continue to report on this war, as we are doing today.
Helicopter pilot's request for "visual separation" from passenger plane complicated by city lights and potential confusion with another jet in line of sight, our new 3D reconstruction shows.
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3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash
From the perspective of the helicopter cockpit, the lights of the incoming American Airlines jet could have also been obscured by the glow of the city skyline, pilots said.
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February 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Helicopter pilot's request for "visual separation" from passenger plane complicated by city lights and potential confusion with another jet in line of sight, our new 3D reconstruction shows.
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wapo.st/4htyTJf
Our new investigation uses visual evidence and radio coms to show how the burn scar from a New Year's Eve fire may have started the Palisades blaze 6 days later. wapo.st/3Ci3ASa
What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
wapo.st
January 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our new investigation uses visual evidence and radio coms to show how the burn scar from a New Year's Eve fire may have started the Palisades blaze 6 days later. wapo.st/3Ci3ASa
Our new VF story analyzes satellite Imagery alongside witness accounts to show how Israel is establishing a new corridor in North Gaza, fortifying military positions, demolishing huge swathes of Jabalya and Beit Lahia, and forcing civilians out.
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Israel is demolishing northern Gaza and fortifying military positions, imagery shows
Visual analysis and interviews show how Palestinians have been forced from their homes in the north as the Israeli military cuts a new corridor through Gaza.
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December 23, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Our new VF story analyzes satellite Imagery alongside witness accounts to show how Israel is establishing a new corridor in North Gaza, fortifying military positions, demolishing huge swathes of Jabalya and Beit Lahia, and forcing civilians out.
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Our story draws on testimony and verifies videos to trace acts of violent retribution and extrajudicial killings across Syria post Rebel takeover.
w/ @ntabrizy.bsky.social, @leloveluck.bsky.social, Loveday Morris, Susan Haidamous and Mustafa Salim
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w/ @ntabrizy.bsky.social, @leloveluck.bsky.social, Loveday Morris, Susan Haidamous and Mustafa Salim
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Revenge attacks in post-Assad Syria fuel fear and mistrust
Across Syria, the country’s rebel leaders are struggling to contain revenge attacks, as vigilantes seize on the chaos of the moment to settle personal scores.
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December 19, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Our story draws on testimony and verifies videos to trace acts of violent retribution and extrajudicial killings across Syria post Rebel takeover.
w/ @ntabrizy.bsky.social, @leloveluck.bsky.social, Loveday Morris, Susan Haidamous and Mustafa Salim
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w/ @ntabrizy.bsky.social, @leloveluck.bsky.social, Loveday Morris, Susan Haidamous and Mustafa Salim
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Reposted by Imogen Piper
During Helene, dozens were dramatically rescued from the roof of a Tennessee hospital. A mile away, 6 workers died at a factory.
We spent 2 months investigating why some lived — and some died — in Erwin, analyzing visuals, flood maps, weather data + interviewing survivors and relatives. GIFT LINK:
We spent 2 months investigating why some lived — and some died — in Erwin, analyzing visuals, flood maps, weather data + interviewing survivors and relatives. GIFT LINK:
The decisions that cost some lives and saved others during Helene’s wrath
Victims and survivors filmed Helene’s flooding in Tennessee, showing what went wrong as a hospital was evacuated and six people were swept away at a nearby factory.
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November 27, 2024 at 4:39 PM
During Helene, dozens were dramatically rescued from the roof of a Tennessee hospital. A mile away, 6 workers died at a factory.
We spent 2 months investigating why some lived — and some died — in Erwin, analyzing visuals, flood maps, weather data + interviewing survivors and relatives. GIFT LINK:
We spent 2 months investigating why some lived — and some died — in Erwin, analyzing visuals, flood maps, weather data + interviewing survivors and relatives. GIFT LINK:
“They lost homes, limbs and loved ones.” Some families lost their sole breadwinner, others are left with chronic medical needs.
@megkelly.bsky.social on the even greater urgency, post-election, of making payments to the families of civilians killed in US strikes.
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@megkelly.bsky.social on the even greater urgency, post-election, of making payments to the families of civilians killed in US strikes.
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Pentagon urged to make payments for slain, injured civilians
Groups have appealed to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to address a backlog of civilian casualty claims before the Biden administration leaves office.
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November 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
“They lost homes, limbs and loved ones.” Some families lost their sole breadwinner, others are left with chronic medical needs.
@megkelly.bsky.social on the even greater urgency, post-election, of making payments to the families of civilians killed in US strikes.
wapo.st/3YUeyov
@megkelly.bsky.social on the even greater urgency, post-election, of making payments to the families of civilians killed in US strikes.
wapo.st/3YUeyov
4 hostages rescued amid nearly 4 hours of airstrikes.
Our Visual Forensics investigation reconstructs the Israeli hostage rescue raid in Nuseirat, Gaza in which a vehicle broke down, a commander was shot, a family was home raided, and so many Palestinians were killed.
Watch here wapo.st/4di8P1F
Our Visual Forensics investigation reconstructs the Israeli hostage rescue raid in Nuseirat, Gaza in which a vehicle broke down, a commander was shot, a family was home raided, and so many Palestinians were killed.
Watch here wapo.st/4di8P1F
How an Israeli hostage rescue that left scores of Palestinians dead unfolded
A review of videos of the June 8 raid in Nuseirat shows the Israeli military employed heavy airstrikes on a dense residential area for nearly four hours
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August 13, 2024 at 3:48 PM
4 hostages rescued amid nearly 4 hours of airstrikes.
Our Visual Forensics investigation reconstructs the Israeli hostage rescue raid in Nuseirat, Gaza in which a vehicle broke down, a commander was shot, a family was home raided, and so many Palestinians were killed.
Watch here wapo.st/4di8P1F
Our Visual Forensics investigation reconstructs the Israeli hostage rescue raid in Nuseirat, Gaza in which a vehicle broke down, a commander was shot, a family was home raided, and so many Palestinians were killed.
Watch here wapo.st/4di8P1F
Our new Visual Forensics investigation examines the role of non-native grasslands in the spread of the Lahaina fire in Maui.
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September 5, 2023 at 11:08 AM
Our new Visual Forensics investigation examines the role of non-native grasslands in the spread of the Lahaina fire in Maui.
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