mesa

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

It has one narrow runway perched high on a mesa with steep cliffs at either end tumbling 1,600 feet to the deep blue Pacific Ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2024

If it is not already part of a dish, the obligatory salsa de mesa stands by to add zing and heat.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

Later, higher-resolution photographs with fewer shadows showed a pretty plain mesa.

From Scientific American ● May 17, 2023

I sat behind our hogan, leaning against its familiar walls and looking up toward the mesa.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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

The central summit area is marked by several elevated mesas forming an arc, reaching a regional high and sloping downhill away from the summit area.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

An estimated 500 Catholic mission churches remain in northern New Mexico, where the Rocky Mountains taper off into desert mesas to the west and endless plains to the east.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023

Late in the afternoon they stopped to rest the animals in a canyon surrounded by red-rock mesas.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko