Deleted all photos in iPhoto, but library is still 30GB

Hi,
I started using iPhoto when I first got my Macbook Pro in January. I have since purchased Aperture and I imported all my photos from iPhoto into Aperture. I just left the photos alone in iPhoto, but I decided that Aperture is doing it for me and wanted to delete all the photos in iPhoto. I did this, but my iPhoto library is still nearly 30GB in size!?! I deleted the trash and here are no photos visible in the iPhoto application, yet it's still 30GB in size. I don't understand. Can someone help?
What happens if I just delete the iPhoto library from my Pictures folder in the Finder? Would that work?
Thank you,
Scotty

Given that you tried to delete that amount of data from iphoto in one go it's very possible that the db was corrupted and it failed to clear out all the files.
What happens if I just delete the iPhoto library from my Pictures folder in the Finder? Would that work?
That's exactly the way to do it.
Regards
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