大統領という仕事はかなり風変わりなものだ。エアフォース・ワンに乗ったと思ったら、その次はアメリカで最も人気のある国立公園のバーチャルツアーのガイドも自分でやることになる。
ホワイトハウスは8月24日、バーチャルリアリティ（VR）の映像を楽しんでいる画像を公開した。ホワイトハウス所属のカメラマン、ピート・ソウサが撮影した写真だ。オバマ大統領が、2016年はじめにヨセミテ国立公園を訪問した時に撮影された360度のVR映像を見ている。
オバマ大統領が今年はじめにヨセミテ国立公園を旅行した時のVR映像を見ています
ナショナル・ジオグラフィックが制作した10分間の動画は、「スルー・ジ・エイジズ（古代から）」というタイトルで、オバマ大統領自身のナレーションが付いている。
ハフポストUS版より翻訳・加筆しました。
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park(01 of20)
Half Dome (AmandaWalker, Flickr) (credit:AmandaWalker, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(02 of20)
Giant Sequoia trees in Mariposa Grove (b.e.r.n.s., Flickr) (credit:b.e.r.n.s., Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(03 of20)
Giant sequoias in Mariposa Grove (Palojono, Flickr) (credit:Palojono, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(04 of20)
Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir stand on Glacier Point. (Library of Congress) (credit:Library of Congress)
Yosemite National Park(05 of20)
Yosemite Falls. The highest falls in North America. Upper falls, 2,425 feet, lower falls, 1,430 feet.(docentjoyce, Flickr) (credit:docentjoyce, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(06 of20)
Yosemite Valley (vl8189, Flickr) (credit:vl8189, FLickr)
Yosemite National Park(07 of20)
Black Bear, Yosemite. (elliegon@gmail.com, Flickr) (credit:elliegon@gmail.com, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(08 of20)
Grizzly Giant (daveynin, Flickr) (credit:daveynin, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(09 of20)
Hikers walk through the snow at the top of Yosemite Falls. (Mulsanne, Flickr) (credit:Mulsanne, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(10 of20)
Three Brothers and the Merced River from Cathedral Beach. (bumeister1, Flickr) (credit:bumeister1, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(11 of20)
El Capitan (fortherock, Flickr) (credit:fortherock, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(12 of20)
El Capitan, Cathedral Rocks and the Merced River. (bumeister1, Flickr) (credit:bumeister1, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(13 of20)
A horse-drawn carriage passes through a tunnel in a redwood tree in Yosemite National Park, Calif. (U.S. Department of the Interior / AP) (credit:U.S. Department of the Interior / AP)
Yosemite National Park(14 of20)
Wawona Tunnel Tree, Mariposa Grove. (phil virgo, Flickr) (credit:phil virgo, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(15 of20)
Climbers on El Capitan. (D.H. Parks, Flickr) (credit:D.H. Parks, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(16 of20)
Yosemite National Park\'s Tuolumne Meadows is shown, Thursday, June 15, 2006, in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Looking east across the Tuolumne River you can see Lembert Dome and Mt. Dana. (Al Golub, AP) (credit:Al Golub, AP)
Yosemite National Park(17 of20)
WPA poster for Yosemite. (Library of Congress) (credit:Library of Congress)
Yosemite National Park(18 of20)
View of Half Dome from Glacier Point. (mhlradio, Flickr) (credit:mhlradio, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(19 of20)
Fall colors in Yosemite National Park. (dsleeter_2000, Flickr) (credit:dsleeter_2000, Flickr)
Yosemite National Park(20 of20)
The setting sun hits Horsetail Fall at just the right angle to light it up as if it\'s on fire, in Yosemite, Calif. This natural phenomena occurs for just two weeks in February and is reminiscent of the old firefall of burning embers that park employees pushed over Glacier Point to entertain guests until 1968. (Bethany Gediman, Yosemite National Park Service / AP) (credit:Bethany Gediman, Yosemite National Park Service / AP)