HiRISE | Stereo Pairs

Stereo Pairs

An explanation of stereo pairs and their use (PDF)

Planned stereo pairs have suitable stereo convergence angles and illumination by design. In addition to planned stereo pairs, the Pairendipity software can identify overlapping HiRISE images that are serendipitously suitable for stereo processing and find stereo pairs within the CTX dataset.

Planned HiRISE stereo pairs are listed in the “Stereo Pair List (CSV)” link below. Since this list is based on produced stereo anaglyphs it also contains a few serendipitous pairs that underwent special processing. Most serendipitous HiRISE stereo pairs are listed in the “Pairendipity Stereo” link, while CTX stereo pairs are listed in “Pairendipity CTX Stereo”.

Images taken close together in time minimize illumination and frost differences and are especially useful (see the Delta-Days column in the Pairendipity files or difference the orbit numbers in the image IDs in the Stereo Pair List file). Stereo pairs with both images planned within the same 14-day (168-orbit) operations cycle are known as SPORCs.

Stereo Pair List (csv) Pairendipity Stereo Pairendipity CTX Stereo SPORCs

Viking Lander 1 (Thomas Mutch Memorial Station): PSP_001521_2025 PSP_001719_2025 (Interval in Earth days: 16)
Center lat.	Center long.	1st half roll angle	2nd half roll angle	1st half incidence angle	2nd half incidence angle
22.27	312.	19.2	7.869	47.5	49.9
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Landing Site at Gusev Crater: PSP_001513_1655 PSP_001777_1650 (Interval in Earth days: 20)
Center lat.	Center long.	1st half roll angle	2nd half roll angle	1st half incidence angle	2nd half incidence angle
-14.5	175.	14.4	-3.77	60.2	60.6
Bright Gully Deposit and Landslide in Terra Sirenum: PSP_003596_1435 PSP_004229_1435 (Interval in Earth days: 49)
Center lat.	Center long.	1st half roll angle	2nd half roll angle	1st half incidence angle	2nd half incidence angle
-36.2	198.	-6.4	-21.9	50.4	42.9
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