a) Synthetic image of the total white-light brightness (tB) integrated along the LOS in the METIS FOV. The red contour roughly identifies the flux rope position where the ratio between the y component of the magnetic field integrated along the LOS divided by the magnetic field intensity is above the arbitrary positive threshold of 0.4, and the yellow contour the position of the ejection front where this quantity is lower than the arbitrary value of −0.43. b) Synthetic image of the polarized white-light brightness (pB) integrated along the LOS in the METIS FOV. Both images are synthesized from the MHD simulation at t = 69.60 min and using a METIS field of view at perihelion at 0.29 AU from the Sun and extending from 1.6 R_⊙ to 3.1 R_⊙ (blue lines).