<p>High Thermal Inertia Surface in Ares Vallis – the term “high thermal inertia surface” The term refers to the ability of a material to conduct and store heat, and in planetary science, its measure of the subsurface’s ability to store heat during the day and reradiate it during the night.
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NASA/JPL/University of Arizona (less than 5 km across; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_017818_1865">www.uahirise.org/ESP_017818_1865</a>)
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