Re: Aah, our Moon, our beautiful Moon (and reality)!
Marcia, Apollo 15, 16, and 17 all left their lunar rover cameras running and under ground control after the crews left the moon. They only lasted a couple of days though when the batteries died. I remember it seeming kind of a lonely vigil watching over their respective landing sites. I don’t recall if they could turn the camera to the earth though. The resolution was really not good enough to make the picture of much interest. Too bad they didn’t put one on the MAP spacecraft headed for the L2 point.