On December 1, 2000, the Stanford Solar Observatories Group celebrated the 5th anniversary of SOHO's launch with a party at the Wilcox Solar Observatory.

• 5th Anniversary cake
• Phil Scherrer proposes a toast
• Drinking SOHO's continued good health
• Posing for group picture (used on holiday card)
  Front row, left to right: M. Rabello-Soares, H. Thai, J. Beck
  Middle row: E. Benevolenskaya, A. Norton, R. Rittler with Carson, P. Scherrer with cake, R. Bush, J. Sommers, J. Zhao
  Back row: Y. Liu, R. Bogart, M. Stehle, J. Schou, T. Duvall, R. Larsen, J. Aloise
• Another picture of the group
• Cutting the cake
• End of a perfect day