Can't open .tiff image
 

I have a .tiff image which is 576 MB in size, but when I try to open it with the GNOME image viewer it fails, and I get the error message "Dimensions of TIFF image too large".
I have 8 GB of memory, which I thought would be enough.
How can I view this image? I can't put any more RAM in my computer.

Edit: I ended up opening the image using Windows Image Viewer.

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For others to test, here is a big image: [url]http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/data/pr/tiff/wac_nearside.tif[/url]

Edit: And another: [url]http://eoimages2.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/79000/79765/dnb_land_ocean_ice.2012.54000x27000_geo.tif[/url]

[CODE][b] PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ P COMMAND[/b]
4461 m 20 0 1814m 1.2g 18m D 0 7.9 0:09.27 2 gimp-2.6 /home/m/Desktop/wac_nearside.tif
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[QUOTE=M0CZY;373456]Edit: I ended up opening the image using Windows Image Viewer.[/QUOTE]

Try to edit it.

The Gnu Image Manipulation Program (The GIMP -- a free Photoshop equivalent) (not GIMPS) is your friend.

Irfanview is my go to viewer. Free and with some minor editing features. It will also live (reasonably) well on a thumb drive if needed.

ACDSee and Snagit are my friends, for fast and simple jobs. They are not free, although. For serious things I use Corel. Never liked (and I am dumb using it) Photoshop.

[QUOTE]For others to test, here is a big image: [url]http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/data/pr/tiff/wac_nearside.tif[/url][/QUOTE] That was the exact image that I was unable to open with Linux. I've had it for ages in my 'Space Pictures' folder, but until recently I didn't have enough memory, and all previous attempts to open it failed.
When I tried using the Windows Image Viewer provided with Windows 7, I was finally able to open it, and more importantly, to zoom in to have a close-up look at it.