Mac Book not turning on past the start up screen

Last night my MacBook Pro 15' (bought it Summer '09) died from running out of battery. This morning when i turned it on it went to the start up screen with the apple logo and went to a black screen after a while and then just restarted over and over.
This is the screen I was at... http://i51.tinypic.com/2e2e3oh.jpg
Please Help!!

Below is a link to a great Apple support kb that details exactly what you need to do with a persistent gray screen on startup into Mac OS X.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570

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