JPG import with unrecognized format

Greetings, dear community!
I know that the topic is a widely discussed one, but I could find the viable solution so far.
Please see a pair of images. Both of them were generated by two pieces of software from a Pentax PEF original image. The first one (largest) is imported to iPhoto normally while the second one returns unrecognized format error.
Could you help me to find that critical difference between two images that drives iPhoto crazy with unrecognized format error please?
Thank you!

Both photos import to my Library with no issues. Whay does that tell you? The problem isn't the photos, it's the Library...
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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