.hdr file: how to open it on Windows

26 Windows apps register the .hdr extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.

About the format

Format: Radiance RGBE Image Format
MIME type: image/vnd.radiance
PRONOM identifier: fmt/591, fmt/887, fmt/1692

Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).

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