Beauty and the Beast

Pros call the Paris-Roubaix six-hour bike race "The Hell of the North" because of its bone-rattling, filling-loosening ride over cobblestones. This gorgeous video was shot on a 4,000-frames-per-second camera allowing for high-def slow-motion that is starkly beautiful. If there's a way to find beauty in the belly of a beast, this is it: (read the full account of the video here)