The most stunning photos of the Beijing Olympics so far

The lights are bright at the Beijing Olympics.

Joy in the luge doubles.

Celebrations are a great part of the Olympic experience.

There's nothing like winning gold.

Success at last for Nathan Chen.

It also produces heartbreak, as Mikaela Shiffrin experienced after a second DNF.

Shaun White couldn't hold it in after falling in the final run of his Olympic career.

The events leave the world's best athletes in pure exhaustion.

Up-close shots reveal the intense angles speed skaters take.

How's this for a stretch from Jason Brown of the US.

Or this, from China's Zhu Yi.

A ski jumper lands on the Olympic rings.

Kaishu Hirano got serious air in the men's halfpipe final.

Like, serious air.

A freestyle skier takes flight in front of the Beijing sun.

What ski jumpers see when they take off.

AAHHHHH!

Snowboarders levitate in the snowboard cross.

Denmark's curling team executes a shot.

FIGHT!

Skeleton helmets are one of the great fashion statements at the winter Olympics.

A bald eagle for the US.

Sliding into your DMs...

A luge racer takes a tumble.

A unique perspective of the bobsleigh track.

Hockey is organized chaos.

We're only a week into the action, with plenty more to come!