Satellites: NOAA-15 and NOAA-17, part of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites

Rise and fall of Dennis
This series of images taken over the course of 6 days shows the development of Hurricane Dennis.
Dennis was less consolidated on July 6 when it was heading towards Cuba.
By July 7, Dennis had consolidated to make the first hurricane of the season.
Dennis followed the usual general route taken by tropical storms/hurricanes:
1. Starting off heading westward...
2. ...turning north in response to the mid-latitude westerly winds...
3. ...and then trying to head east.
Dennis lost most of his power over land and finished up as a large storm system over the midwest.
Click on the image(s) below for a higher-resolution (~100k) picture.