Color image from lunar orbit.<br>This photo was used in Figure 18-14 of the <i>Apollo 14 Preliminary Science Report</i> (SP-272), which has the following caption:<br><dl><dd>Cyrillus G Crater (7.5-km diameter) near Beaumont L Crater (north toward lower right).</dd></dl><p>The text of the <i>Report</i> refers to the figure as follows:<br></p>
<dl><dd>The Beaumont L Crater is of additional interest because of the dark halo. In reference 18-1, the nearby 7.5-km bright crater Cyrillus G (fig. 18-14) is considered to be of impact origin; Beaumont L Crater, on the other hand, was considered as being of questionable origin although both craters are obviously of Copernican age because they lie on the ejecta blanket of Theophilus, a Copernican crater. Beaumont L Crater is considered the younger of the two on the basis of fewer superposed impact craters (light speckles) on the dark halo. Cyrillus G Crater appears to have as many small craters on its surrounding ejecta blanket as are present on the surrounding terrain. Similar morphologies of the latter two craters, despite the color and albedo disparities, strongly suggest that both are of impact origin. Cyrillus G appears to penetrate light-hued terrain composed, in this area, mainly of older crater deposits, whereas Beaumont L Crater excavated dark mare material from beneath the Theophilus Crater ejecta blanket.</dd></dl>
NASA
1971-02
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Apollo Image Atlas, 70mm Hasselblad Image Catalog, Apollo 14, Magazine M, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/magazine/?73">Images AS14-73-10040 to AS14-73-10204</a>