Originally Posted by cappt
The pictures are deceiving
Thie pictures may be, but the videos taken from the beach (= threshold elevation) show a very clear picture. From the shadow under the aircraft one may have a fairly accurate height estimate on the first approach, they were at an altitude less than a full wingspan when the go-around was commenced, about 75-80 feet. On the second approach they were roughly at two wingspans (~200 feet), about right for 0.5nm before threshold.