Colourful foliage and grasses are seen on the river bank in Saskatoon.

Marilyn Truscott of Glidden, Saskatchewan, a PhD candidate in geological sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, makes use of an electron probe x-ray microanalyzer. Mrs. Truscott uses the machine to analyze samples of volcanic rock from the Sweetgrass Hills in Montana. She is obtaining information that will help provide a more complete picture of the geological history of the Western Plains.

The South Saskatchewan River is seen flowing under the University Bridge on 25th Street from the river's edge in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan