diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7404d14..aaa3a9a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ SOFTWARE.
 ### [Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
  * `nether_rack.png`: Zeg9
  * `nether_glowstone.png`: BlockMen
+ * `nether_portal.png`: [Extex101](https://github.com/Extex101), 2020
 
 All other media: Copyright © 2013 PilzAdam, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by PilzAdam.
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diff --git a/nodes.lua b/nodes.lua
index 14e3bd2..5bc9903 100644
--- a/nodes.lua
+++ b/nodes.lua
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 local S = nether.get_translator
 
--- Portal/wormhole node
+-- Portal/wormhole nodes
 
 nether.register_wormhole_node("nether:portal", {
 	description = S("Nether Portal"),
@@ -37,6 +37,33 @@ nether.register_wormhole_node("nether:portal", {
 	}
 })
 
+local portal_animation2 = {
+	name = "nether_portal_alt.png",
+	animation = {
+		type = "vertical_frames",
+		aspect_w = 16,
+		aspect_h = 16,
+		length = 0.5,
+	},
+}
+
+nether.register_wormhole_node("nether:portal_alt", {
+	description = S("Portal"),
+	tiles = {
+		"nether_transparent.png",
+		"nether_transparent.png",
+		"nether_transparent.png",
+		"nether_transparent.png",
+		portal_animation2,
+		portal_animation2
+	},
+	post_effect_color = {
+		-- hopefully blue enough to work with blue portals, and green enough to
+		-- work with cyan portals.
+		a = 120, r = 0, g = 128, b = 188
+	}
+})
+
 
 -- Nether nodes
 
diff --git a/portal_api.lua b/portal_api.lua
index 13ab3ca..43151ec 100644
--- a/portal_api.lua
+++ b/portal_api.lua
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ local wormhole_nodedef_default = {
 				type = "vertical_frames",
 				aspect_w = 16,
 				aspect_h = 16,
-				length = 0.5,
+				length = 0.9,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ local wormhole_nodedef_default = {
 				type = "vertical_frames",
 				aspect_w = 16,
 				aspect_h = 16,
-				length = 0.5,
+				length = 0.9,
 			},
 		},
 	},
diff --git a/portal_api.txt b/portal_api.txt
index e6cf533..2c39e95 100644
--- a/portal_api.txt
+++ b/portal_api.txt
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ Used by `nether.register_portal`.
         -- Optional. Allows a custom wormhole node to be specified.
         -- Useful if you want the portals to have a different post_effect_color
         -- or texture.
+        -- The Nether mod provides:
+        --     "nether:portal" (default)
+        --     "nether:portal_alt"
 
         wormhole_node_color = 0,
         -- Optional. Defaults to 0/magenta.
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ Used by `nether.register_portal`.
         -- If the location of an existing portal is returned then include the
         -- orientation, otherwise the existing portal could be overwritten by
         -- a new one with the orientation of the surface portal.
+        -- Return nil to prevent the portal from igniting.
 
         find_surface_anchorPos = function(realm_anchorPos),
         -- Optional. If you don't implement this then a position near the
@@ -222,6 +226,7 @@ Used by `nether.register_portal`.
         -- If the location of an existing portal is returned then include the
         -- orientation, otherwise the existing portal could be overwritten by
         -- a new one with the orientation of the realm portal.
+        -- Return nil to prevent the portal from igniting.
 
         on_run_wormhole      = function(portalDef, anochorPos, orientation),
         -- invoked once per second per portal
diff --git a/portal_examples.lua b/portal_examples.lua
index 0b402ad..1a33943 100644
--- a/portal_examples.lua
+++ b/portal_examples.lua
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ if minetest.settings:get_bool("nether_enable_portal_example_surfacetravel", ENAB
 	nether.register_portal("surface_portal", {
 		shape               = nether.PortalShape_Circular,
 		frame_node_name     = "default:tinblock",
+		wormhole_node_name  = "nether:portal_alt",
 		wormhole_node_color = 4, -- 4 is cyan
 		title = S("Surface Portal"),
 		book_of_portals_pagetext = S([[Requiring 16 blocks of tin and constructed in a circular fashion, a finished frame is seven blocks wide, seven blocks high, and stands vertically like a doorway.
diff --git a/textures/nether_portal.png b/textures/nether_portal.png
index 583a099..cae749b 100644
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diff --git a/textures/nether_portal_alt.png b/textures/nether_portal_alt.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..583a099
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