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Jaggar's prediction comes true—the 1935 eruption of Mauna Loa

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This photo, taken by Thomas Jaggar on December 21 during the1935 Mauna Loa eruption, shows the Humuula pāhoehoe flow ponding and slowly expanding eastward. The image looks east-southeast toward Pu‘uhuluhulu from the southernmost Omaokoili cinder cone in the vicinity of today's Saddle Road and Mauna Kea Access Road juncture. USGS photo.

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Public Domain.