You
were probably looking in the wrong place !
Cast your eyes at the far end of the runway and it may never happen again .
so what do you do on a black black night with a night landing ? or in very poor visibility when the RVR is on minima ?
I can remember a sim session when we got to the fun bit the challenge at the end of the session.
The instructor put the weather at minima failed an engine and then failed the autopilot/flight director! Trundling down the approach flying raw data He then announced that the airport had gone down in 200 meters in fog! Ok fly the missed approach and divert until he added the deal breaker of 300 ibs of fuel per side in the Citation Jet.
The only option was to fly the needles to the ground using height call outs for a flare point. 10 feet and put the aircraft into a landing attitude, thrust levers closed and wait for the aircraft to touch. Thankfully it did so you can land in thick fog too if you have to. Outside references then become non existent! still didn't land flat or on the nose so get the handling right
Remember you can only really land an aircraft when there is no excuse to ever do a bad landing no matter what the conditions
Pace