mesa

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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

It also says the fire sparked by its power line spread quickly because it was on top of a flat mesa, allowing the fire to spread along the ground, and ignited nearby vegetation.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

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

From Scientific American • May 17, 2023

Archival footage of the park’s 1971 inauguration shows the first lady disturbed by fence on the mesa and asking that it be taken down so she could hug and shake hands with people in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023

They were gone, running southwest again, toward the high, lone-standing mesa the people called Pa’to’ch.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko