Missing pictures in iPhoto

Today when I opened iPhoto it said it could not find the Library. When I searched for the Library I found that all the pictures in it were grayed out and cannot be accessed. What happened and how can I fix it, Thanks.

When I searched for the Library I found
that all the pictures in it were grayed out and
cannot be accessed.
A big jump here... I assume you "searched" using the "Find Library" dialog, navigated in the dialog to the folder named "iPhoto Library" (unless you've moved and/or renamed it) in your Pictures folder, selected it, then iPhoto opened without any warning dialogs, all before you saw that all pictures were "grayed out".
Do any thumbnails appear? Does the albums pane show the albums you had previously assembled? Has anything "unusual" happened with your system between when iPhoto last functioned normally, and now?

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