Don't Panic Geocast

Episode 415 - "Fiat 500 Volcanic Bomb"

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This week we talk hail, Vesuvius, volcanic bombs, and vitrified brains.

  • Scandone, Roberto, Lisetta Giacomelli, and Mauro Rosi. "Death, Survival and Damage during the 79 AD Eruption of Vesuvius which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum." J. Res. Didact. Geogr 2 (2019): 5-30.
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    • An amazing new finding shows that brains were vitrified or turned to glass during the nearly 2000 year old eruption of Vesuvius.
    • Giordano, Guido, et al. "Unique formation of organic glass from a human brain in the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE." Scientific Reports 15.1 (2025): 5955.
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    • Plinian
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