In big rotation angle photogrammetry, the bundle method divergence or convergence to local optimal solution can not be avoided for solving exterior orientation, therefore the single image space resection method based on adaptive search domain Monte Carlo is presented. Establishing the mathematical model of Monte Carlo search area and photogrammetric angle, the correct exterior orientations are obtained based on the initial values produced by pyramid method of three control points, and its accuracy and stability have been demonstrated by several examples. Therefore it is suit to calculate exterior orientation for big rotation angle photogrammetry.