he north west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched by the gods. Bisected by the Tropic of Cancer latitude line, it is deep in the Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles from Honolulu. The islands steep rocky cliffs give way to indigo blue waters dotted with monk seals and stony coral. No humans have lived on Mokumanamana, but it has the worlds highest density of ancient Hawaiian religious sites. “It sits as a boundary between what Native Hawaiians refer to as ‘pō, the darkness, and...
