[muir_redwoods]

Here's how I think of it;

1000 seconds is a coffee break

1.000,000 [a million]seconds is a vacation.

1000,000,000 [a billion] seconds is a career,

1,000,000,000,000 [a trillion] seconds is 310 centuries

[idkfa]

That would be 1.186 million millionaires and if they were lined up shoulder to shoulder (2 ft per person) the line of millionaires would extend 450 miles.

[kellyrae]

1000 seconds is a coffee break

1.000,000 [a million]seconds is a vacation.

1000,000,000 [a billion] seconds is a career,

1,000,000,000,000 [a trillion] seconds is 310 centuries

I committed this to memory and have told it to several people over the last few weeks. I always have to add "I know -- I didn't believe it either, but I got out my calculator and did the math. It's true."

It's a great way to visualize a trillion. Thanks!