National Geographic Travelさんのインスタグラム写真 - (National Geographic TravelInstagram)「Photo by @jonathankingston / If this was the view from your window, would you tire of it? What if you were told you could never leave, that the cliffs in the distance were in fact prison walls and the ocean was your ever present guard? Before 2020 many of us could not conceptualize what it would mean to not touch another human being for an extended period of time. Now many of us have collectively lived it. This physical isolation is what the patients of the Kalaupapa settlement were forced to experience before the advent of sulfone drugs. The 2,000-foot-high “pali,” or cliff, that separates the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the north side of Molokai from the rest of the island is one of the reasons that, in 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii designated the site to isolate patients suffering from Hansen’s disease (commonly known as leprosy). The story of its beginnings are heartbreaking but more amazing is the incredible community—which exists to this day—formed in the crucible of isolation. Image outtake from my @natgeo story on Kalaupapa. To see more of my images from this article follow @jonathankingston. #hawaii #nationalpark #cliffs」12月31日 12時34分