Where are my pictures in the backup made by Time Machine?

In the Finder I can find my pictures after right-clicking IPhoto and then under Originals. But when I open Time Machine and want to check if my data have been backuped correctly I can find my music and documents but not my Pictures. Where can I find them?

where is the Time Machine forum?
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1342
So I need to find my pictures in Time MAchine. But where oh where?
those back ups are not designed to be surfed via the Finder.
To restore using TM open TM in the dock - this gives you a finder view of your backup files and go back in time to the time you want to restore - select the iPhoto library and click restore - choose to keep both files and restore to a different location so as not to overwrite your current iPhoto library
You can also browse and restore individual photos in iPhoto using the file menu ==> browse backups
You can not do it except by using TM either directly or via iPhoto
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