With all the focus on the search for the Higgs boson and dark matter, it is easy to forget that this vortex has been swirling in a Houston, Texas, community since at least 2005. (There is no truth to the rumor that this is is where the Houston Rockets talent disappeared!)

dan's house destroyed by rita

Credit: Melanie Innis.

For the backstory and more pictures on the wormhole—including where entrants get ejected—see this story at io9.

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