Sketch of the location and extent of the foreground clouds. We note the broken scale in the horizontal direction. Velocity magnitudes are indicated with black arrows, shifted such that the core NGC 6334 I, at V_lsr = −6.5km s^-1, is at rest in this frame. From left to right, they represent the components referred to in the text as the + 8.0, + 6.5, + 0.0, and −3.0km s^-1 clouds. The dotted line represents the line of sight from the observer to NGC 6334 I. The dashed lines indicate the angular extent of clouds on the far foreground. The color differential between core I and the filament indicates the elevated temperature in core I, preventing freeze-out of HF molecules.