Episode 415 - "Fiat 500 Volcanic Bomb"

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. Fun Paper Friday 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. Mt Vesuvius Plinian Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! @dontpanicgeo dontpanicgeocast@gmail.com John Leeman @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin @ShannonDulin

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Episode 415 - "Fiat 500 Volcanic Bomb" is an episode from Don't Panic Geocast by John Leeman and Shannon Dulin.

This episode is 48:12 long.

This episode was published on Apr 25, 2025.

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