Measurements of intensity fluctuation of light emission within the divertor volume of MAST provide strong evidence for the existence of filamentary structures within the private flux region (PFR). These filaments are observed in L-mode and H-mode confinement regimes. Correlation analysis of the camera data supports the hypothesis that the filaments observed in the line integrated camera data are genuinely within the PFR, as fluctuations at a given location in the PFR in the image are correlated with fluctuations elsewhere in the PFR, and these two regions are connected by field lines. The filaments appear to move from a position in the PFR of the inner divertor leg, moving toward the inner divertor target, whilst ejecting secondary blobs of plasma deeper into the PFR away from the separatrix.
