The thermal mass of the overhanging rock creates a natural thermal modulation between summer and winter.

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Thermal heat is easy to store -water and masonry or stone is an excellent thermal mass.

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The air exiting the cave would be cooled by the thermal mass of the surrounding rock to within a degree or two of the yearly average temperature.

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