The National Spherical Torus Experiment boundary physics program presently focuses on edge power and particle flow optimization and control in β⩾25% long pulse L- and H-mode plasmas with high harmonic fast wave heating power up to 6 MW and neutral beam injection power up to 5 MW, with the emphasis on the edge physics implications resulting from the low aspect ratio geometry. To address the particle flux measurements in the divertor and plasma scrape-off layer (SOL), two spectrally filtered one-dimensional charge coupled device cameras have been fielded. The cameras utilize 2048 pixel 12-bit Dalsa CL-C6 arrays, f=85 mm lenses, and Δλ=1.5 nm bandpass interference filters. Both cameras provide mm spatial resolution, sub-ms temporal resolution and are spatially and photometrically calibrated. Midplane SOL and divertor brightness profiles of C III and deuterium species have been obtained in the L- and H-mode phases of center stack limited and diverted plasmas. The equilibria reconstructed by the EFIT code are found in agreement with the optical and infra-red measurements. In–out asymmetries in divertor recycling and carbon fluxes have been observed in L- and H-mode plasmas. The analysis of neutral recycling and impurity fluxes using the two-dimensional multifluid code UEDGE is in progress.