There is a serenity as they wait to launch into what we can imagine is certain danger. While many cite the grain and contrast as contributing to the immediacy of the moment, the pilots are the truly striking aspect of this picture. The squadron was in the process of transferring to a Marine vessel headed for an undisclosed combat zone. One of only a handful of images of Corin that the Marines have released, the photographer, then Lance Corporal Taia Wallen, had just completed an intensive six-hour zero-g boarding training exercise when she came across this flight of Gladiators waiting on the launchpad. #167: The Calm Before the Storm Date: SET Photographer: Taia Wallen, Major The top 500 iconic images from the last thousand years of traveling the stars. A Millennium of Memories: Photos in Flight
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