Resulting intensity maps (top row), optical depth maps (second top row), maps of linear (third top row) and circular (bottom row) polarization of setup MHD_sim1 (left column) and MHD_sim2 (right column) at a wavelength of λ = 248 μm. The intensity is in Wm^-2 m^-1 and the vectors of linear polarization have an offset angle of 90°. The color bar of the intensity map is on a logarithmic scale, and for the optical depth we apply an upper cut-off at 15% for illustrative purposes. The transition between optically thin and optically thick regions is indicated by the green contour lines and a marker in the color bar.