Examples of light curves for the neutron star model with kT_p1 = kT_p2 = 0.15 keV, B_p1 = B_p2 = 6 × 10¹³ G, z = 0.2, i = θ_B = 90° and different temperature distributions across the surface: the temperature distribution (23) with a₁ = a₂ = 0.25 (dotted curves), with a₁ = a₂ = 60 (dashed curves), and two uniform bright spots with T = T_p and angular size θ_sp = 5° (solid curves). Two different angular distributions of the emergent radiation are used: the isotropic distribution (top panel) and the semi-infinite magnetic atmosphere distribution Eq. (19) (bottom panel).