Comparison between a downflow patch from the Hinode observations (top three rows, region (2) in Fig. 1) and the MURaM simulations (bottom three rows). Maps of temperature (left column), magnetic field strength, inclination ξ, and line-of-sight velocity (right column) are displayed at ¹⁰log τ_c =  [− 2.5, − 0.9,0.0] (from top to bottom). The contour lines enclose the regions with line-of-sight velocities exceeding 5 km s^-1 in the deepest layer (¹⁰log τ_c = 0.0). Tick marks are one arcsecond apart.