National Geographic (magazine) in the context of "Controlling interest"

Cardiff (/ˈkɑːrdɪf/ ; Welsh: Caerdydd [kairˈdiːð, kaːɨrˈdɨːð] ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 383,919 in 2024 and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd). The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the southeast of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. The Cardiff urban area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth.

Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The population of the wider urban area in 2011 was 479,000. In 2011, it ranked sixth in the world in a National Geographic magazine list of alternative tourist destinations. It is the most popular destination in Wales with 21.3 million visitors in 2017. It was voted as the best city in the UK at the 2023 Readers' Choice Awards.

Travel photography is a genre of photography that may involve the documentation of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs, and history. The Photographic Society of America defines a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographical limitations.Travel photography sits at the intersection of ethnography, tourism, Orientalism, and documentary practice.As a genre, it remains one of the most open in terms of the subjects it covers. Many travel photographers specialize in particular approaches—such as travel portraiture, landscape, or documentary work—while others capture all aspects of travel experience. Much of today’s visual style derives from the early work published in magazines such as National Geographic, with photographers like Steve McCurry shaping its popular aesthetic. The practice often entails working under varied and unpredictable conditions—indoors with low light, outdoors with shifting ambient light, or on the street where encounters may be fleeting or uncertain—seeking to capture both the atmosphere of place and the transitory “magic” of light.

As travel has become more accessible, the genre has increasingly opened up to both amateurs and professionals. Amateur travel photography is often shared through sites like Flickr, 500px, and 1x. Travel photography, unlike other genres such as fashion, product, or food photography, remains relatively less monetized, though the challenges faced by travel photographers are often greater than in controlled studio conditions. Traditionally, travel photographers earned money through stock photography, magazine assignments, and commercial projects. In recent years, however, the stock photography market has declined, leading many photographers to pursue alternative sources of income such as blogging, public speaking, commercial collaborations, and teaching.

Amamapare is a port in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia; National Geographic refer to it as a port town. It is an important industrial centre, and slurry containing copper-gold concentrate is delivered by three pipelines from Grasberg mine over 70 miles away. In Amamapare it is dewatered, filtered and dried and then shipped to smelters around the world. The facilities at the port also include a coal-fired power station, which supplies the Grasberg operations.

The orange blossom is the fragrant flower of the Citrus sinensis (orange tree). It is used in perfume making and has been written about as an aphrodisiac. Orange blossom essence is an important component in the making of perfume. The petals of orange blossom can also be made into orange flower water (as an alternative to rose water), a common part of both French cuisine and Middle Eastern cuisine (most often as an ingredient in desserts and baked goods). It's also present in Hispanic culinary traditions, with notable examples being Mexican pan de muerto and Spanish Roscón de Reyes.

In the United States, orange flower water is often used to make orange blossom scones and the orange blossom is the state flower of Florida.