Properties of the model along a slice of one of the snapshots at μ = 0.3: temperature, absorption coefficient at the core of Fe i 6301.5 Å, and line of sight velocity from top to bottom. The solid line that is overplotted over the three panels represents the layer where τ_LC = 1 along the line of sight. Four rays are shown as solid lines above τ_LC = 1 and dashed below this height. The bottom panel shows the line-of-sight velocities along the direction shown by the rays. The horizontal dashed line represents the layer where τ₅₀₀ equals 1 at μ = 0.3.