Cannot open photos on disk in iPhoto

Awhile back I saved a couple of gigs of pictures from iPhoto on a disk . I am now trying to open in iPhoto and am having no luck. If I try to just view the pictures outside of iPhoto, I get into an extremely complex file heirarchy that is impossible to work through. What's going on? Now when I'm archiving to a disk I copy the individual photos to a burn disk (a lot of work that seems iPhoto should handle)

Greg:
You created that disk buy burning from within iPhoto didn't you? Launch iPhoto with the disk in the drive. It should mount directly under the library icon in the Source pane like this.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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