File:Dennis 2005-07-07 1550Z.jpg

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Hurricane Dennis threaded its way between Jamaica and Haiti on a direct course for Cuba on July 7, 2005. The storm now has the distinctive hurricane form, with a well-defined eye surrounded by bands of swirling clouds. At 10:50 a.m. local time (15:50 UTC), when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite took this image, Dennis was just below a Category 3 hurricane, with winds of 175 kilometers per hour (110 miles per hour) and stronger gusts. Less than an hour before this image was taken, the storm's small dark eye was about 105 kilometers (65 miles) northeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and 170 kilometers (105 miles) south-southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba. The National Hurricane Center reports that Dennis is traveling northwest at about 24 kilometers per hour (15 mph).

A storm of this size is a threat not just because of its powerful winds: Dennis is expected to produce heavy rain and coastal and inland flooding. Five to ten inches of rain may fall over Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, with as much as 15 inches falling in parts of Jamaica. Heavy rainfall can trigger flash floods and mudslides in mountainous regions. The storm will probably also raise tide levels by five to seven feet and generate large and dangerous waves.
Dennis is expected to strengthen as it moves north towards the Gulf Coast of the United States. For official storm warnings and additional information, please visit the National Hurricane Center.

The image is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.

Date

7 July 2005

Source

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12941

Author

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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	This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 11 August 2005. It was captioned as follows:

English: Hurricane Dennis on July 7 2005

Other languages:

Brezhoneg : Skeudenn dre loarell ar gorventenn Dennis d'ar 7 a viz Gouere 2005

Čeština: Hurikán Dennis 7. července 2005.

Cymraeg: Gorwynt Dennis, 7 Gorffennaf 2005.

Dansk: Satellitbillede af orkanen Dennis den 7. juli 2005.

Deutsch: Satellitenbild des Hurrikans Dennis am 7. Juli 2005

English: Hurricane Dennis on July 7 2005

Español: Huracán Dennis el 7 de julio del 2005.

Français : Image satellite de l'ouragan Dennis, le 7 juillet 2005

Latina: Dionysius furacanum, 7. Iulii 2005

Nederlands: Orkaan Dennis op 7 Juli 2005

Norsk bokmål: Satelittbilde av orkanen Dennis den 7. juli 2005.

Norsk nynorsk: Satelittbilde av orkanen Dennis den 7. juli 2005.

Polski: Huragan Dennis, 7 lipca 2005

Português: Furacão Dennis a 7 de Julho, 2005

Slovenčina: Hurikán Dennis 7. júla 2005.

Slovenščina: Satelitski posnetek hurikana Dennis, 7. julija 2005

Suomi: Hurrikaani Dennis 7.7.2005

Svenska: Satellitbild av orkanen Dennis den 7 juli 2005

Русский: Спутниковый снимок урагана Дэннис, 7 июля 2005

日本語：ハリケーン「デニス」 2005年7月7日

中文： 2005年7月7日的飓风丹尼斯卫星照片

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