mesa
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Under the veil of the Manhattan Project, this remote mesa became the site of a profound scientific pivot that ended a world war and ushered in the nuclear age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The area around the mesa is rugged, quiet and vast, and water has to be hauled in.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Claudia Mitchell, a potter from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, gathers clay on a mesa between two sandstone rock formations, hammer and pick at the ready.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
Later, higher-resolution photographs with fewer shadows showed a pretty plain mesa.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2023
The water oozed out from the dark orange sandstone at the base of the long mesa.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
Washington, Utah, located just southwest of Zion National Park, is surrounded by cinematic mesas and has long been a hub for exploring the natural wonders of the American west.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
Foothills and valleys, groves and canyons, even the mesas, plateaus and plains of the Sierra and the Central Valley — Lehrer calls all of it a “choreography of place.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
Several clues, taken together, give away the volcanic nature of the jumble of layered mesas and canyons in this eastern part of Noctis Labyrinthus.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
Drive 44 miles east along Highway 14 through winding mesas, buttes, and river scenery to the Maryhill Museum of Art.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
The windshield fills with enough canyons, bluffs, mesas, and cliffs for a dozen Road Runner cartoons.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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